The Center for Children’s Books (CCB) at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is hosting its Thirteenth Annual Book Sale from February 17 through February 19, 2014. 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 non-fiction: board books, picture books, easy and transitional readers, chapter books, series fiction, novels, activity books and kits, non-fiction series, mass-market paperbacks, and more.
Paperback books sell for $1 or $2 each, hardcover books $5 each, and special items are priced as marked.
A pre-sale will be held on February 16th, 2014 from 1-4 p.m. Tickets for the pre-sale are $20 per person. You must call (217) 244-9331 or email ccb@illinois.edu to reserve a ticket. Ticket reservations will be available January 27 through February 10.
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.
For more details, contact the CCB at ccb@illinois.edu or by telephone at (217) 244-9331.