The Center for Children’s Books (CCB) at GSLIS at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign is hosting its Eleventh Annual Book Sale February 20 through February 22, 2012. Sale hours are 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. each of these days.
Thousands of brand-new children’s books will be available for youth ages birth through high school. The titles available represent the full spectrum of children’s publishing in fiction and nonfiction: board books, picture books, easy and transitional readers, chapter books, series fiction, novels, activity books and kits, nonfiction series, mass-market paperbacks, and more.
Paperback books are $1 or $2 each, hardcover books are $5 each, and individual items are priced as marked.
A pre-sale will be held on February 19, 2012 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Tickets for the pre-sale are $20. You must call (217) 244-9331 or email ccb@illinois.edu to reserve a ticket. Ticket reservations will be available January 30 through February 13.
All proceeds support the Center for Children's Books, a reference and resource center for librarians, teachers, parents, scholars, and other educators and The Bulletin of The Center for Children’s Books.
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For more details, contact the CCB at ccb@illinois.edu or by telephone (217) 244-9331.