ANSONIA – It’s back!
After a two-year hiatus due to Covid-19 restrictions, the Friends of the Ansonia Library Annual Book Sale is once again making available to the public a wide range of books, CDs and games.
The sale is open to the public from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, April 2, in the library’s Community Room, which is accessible from its entrance on Cottage Avenue.
All proceeds from the sale go toward funding library events that benefit the community. Donations of new or slightly used books are being accepted at the library at 53 South Cliff Street by appointment only. Textbooks and encyclopedia sets will not be accepted.
“We are so excited to be able to bring this very popular event back to the community,” said Friends of the Ansonia Library (FOTAL) member Susan J. Olmsted. “Parents, teachers, and other library patrons have told us how much they have missed the opportunity to buy books for their children, students and themselves.”
All items are priced to sell and donations will be accepted. Olmsted said the goal of the book sale is to raise money while also clearing the library storage areas of accumulated books, CDs and games.
Past book sales have provided funding for a range of purchases, events and performances. According to Children’s Library Jennifer Shuart, FOTAL purchased sets of LEGO plastic interlocking bricks for the monthly LEGO Club, which allows children to create whatever their imaginations dream up.
“They also provided money to purchase an assortment of shaker eggs, rhythm sticks and bean bags that I use for music and movement during story times,” Shuart said.
Olmsted added that book sale proceeds have also been used to provide live stage performances by the East Haddam Stage Company, such as a Sherlock Holmes radio show and an actor who portrayed Osaki San, the valet of actor William Gillette, owner of Connecticut’s famous Gillette’s Castle in East Haddam.
For more information or to donate items, contact the Ansonia Library at 734‑6275 or FOTAL at fotalansonia@gmail.com
