The community is invited to stretch their book budget even further by visiting the Friends of the Arapahoe Library District annual Used Book Sale! at Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St. (at Orchard Rd. & Holly), on Thursday, September 8, 9 a.m. – 8:30 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, September 9 and 10, 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.; and Sunday, September 11, 1-4:30 p.m.

More than 40,000 high-quality, hand-sorted books that will be available for purchase at bargain prices. Pricing is simple: hardbacks and oversized paperbacks are $2.50. Pocket-sized paperbacks, media and comic books are .50¢. Sunday is bag day – we provide the bag and you fill it for only $6.

To kick-off the annual sale, there will be a special Preview Sale featuring noteworthy and collectible books in the “Collector’s Corner” for Friends of the Library only, on Wednesday, September 7, 6-8:30 p.m. Friends memberships will be available at the door.

The Friends of the Arapahoe Library District is a special group of 500 library lovers and supporters whose primary objective is to raise funds by selling used books and Friends memberships.

These funds are allocated to the Library District in the form of grants, supporting programs and projects, such as special features for the Library District’s new libraries, events, library materials, equipment and more. So far in 2011, the Friends Board has granted the Library District nearly $95,000.

For more information, or to join the Friends of the Arapahoe Library District before the sale, call 303-LIBRARY or visit www.arapahoelibraries.org.