The Central Library Bookstore is open Mon 12-4; Tues – Sat 10 – 4
The Channing Bookstore is open Tues – Sat, 10 – 4
ONLY cash or checks for purchases at Central; credit/debit cards accepted at Channing
CENTRAL LIBRARY BOOKSTORE SALES
MAY 2024:
APRIL 29 – MAY 4 : Time for the popular sale of miscellaneous non-book items: think blank journals, greeting cards, postcards, maps, flash cards, coloring books (for adults!), plus much other miscellany. Lots of jigsaw puzzles, too!
MAY 6 – 11 : It’s Asian/Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month and we have plenty of histories and biographies.
MAY 13 – 18 : Teacher Company/Language Learning CDs. Learn a little, learn a lot.
MAY 21 – 25 : Media on our sale table: books on CD $1; Children’s DVDs 50¢; selected CDs 50¢.
note: Closed on Monday, May 20 for Malcolm X Day
MAY 28 – 31 : Recently arrived cookbooks $1 – $2 each. From avocados to sake, these are not your mother’s cookbooks!
note: Closed Monday, May 27 for Memorial Day
PLUS….Mark your calendar now:
THE FRIENDS ANNUAL BIG BOOK SALE IS SET FOR JUNE 14 -15 . This major community event and book buyer’s delight features hundreds of books (arranged by category), plus CDs and DVDs: all 50¢ each. There is also a carefully curated selection of “More Expensive Books.”
POST THIS ON YOUR REFRIGERATOR SO YOU WON’T MISS ANYTHING!
• Heavy-duty Tote Bags $5 • Ephemera (pamphlets, booklets, etc.) •
Postcards (25¢) • Multi-disk CDs • Comics (and graphic novels) for kids and adults • Greeting cards 25¢ • Maps (old and new)
CHANNING BOOKSTORE SALES:
MAY 2024:
This month THE BIG SALE TABLE will focus on children.
We will feature a variety of books related to the care of children, child development, parenting, education. Items will be priced from 50¢ to $2.
As always, for these and all of our merchandise, prices are amazingly reasonable.
The Friends Channing Way Bookstore is located at 2433 Channing on the ground floor of the Telegraph-Channing garage. Park in the parking structure: first hour free!, or, use one of the pedestrian entrances on Channing Way or Durant Avenue (note: the latter is not wheelchair accessible). The Central Library Bookstore is on the first floor of the Central Library.
Our “Free Books” carts are stocked daily with books that we cannot sell, but are free for you to take and enjoy, or to refill your Little Free Library! The carts are currently available during all open hours and are located outside the store by the front entrance.
Friends Channing Bookstore
Tuesday-Saturday 10-4
2433 Channing Way, Berkeley 94704
510-841-5604
Friends Central Library Store (on the first floor of the Central Library)
Monday 12-4, Tuesday-Saturday 10-4
2090 Kittredge St., Berkeley 94704
510-981-6211
See our Bookstores page.
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The Friends of the Library maintain an online storefront on Amazon, with an ever-changing selection of over eighteen hundred new and used books available for sale. Visit the Friends’ online Amazon store.
