Wendelin Van Draanen, winner of the 1999 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Juvenile for her book Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief, visits the Allen Public Library at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, February 25. Van Draanen's most recent book in the series, Sammy Keyes and the Night of Skulls, was published in 2011.
Sponsored by ALLen Reads, this program is free. (For details, please click here.)
Chocolate Friendzy!!! (Click on Photo)
Bach to Books (click on photo)
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Catch up on the Friends' News (click on photo)
Library Founder Ruth Pringle, Debbie Vavra (Lifetime Friend 2011), and Solina Marquis, Children's Librarian (click on photo for details)
Congratulations to Ann Livingston, outgoing president, and Bonnie Jay for winning the Outstanding Friend Awards for 2010
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Bookcase Clean Out One of the main sources of funding for Friends of the Allen Public Library is our ongoing book sale.Lately, sales are dropping because we don’t have enough books to sell!What a great way to encourage your kids to read —go through your books, pick some out to bring to the library, and while you’re here, pick up a few to take home!
In this year of budget cuts everywhere, the library needs all the funds we can give them.So help out by bringing YOUR books.
Of course, it’s tax-deductible!
Please bring us your popular paperbacks and children’s books that you are no longer using. Drop them off at the circulation desk and ask for a tax receipt. more detail
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The Friends of the Allen Public Library is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization, dedicated to supporting the Allen Public Library by providing funds and programs that would not otherwise be possible.
