Sikeston Public Library’s annual used book sale starts Thursday

Sikeston High School junior Andon Christian and fellow members of SHS’ Bleacher Bums carry boxes of books for the used book sale into the McAmis Room Monday, March 27, 2023, at the Sikeston Public Library. Each year members of the Bleacher Bums assist by bringing boxes of items from the library’s basement to the top floor to setup for the book sale, which begins at 5 p.m. Thursday, March 30 and runs through Sunday, April 2. In addition to Christian, helping Monday were Michael Walton, Charlie Robison, John Mark Boner and Ben Gilmore.(Leonna Heuring/Standard Democrat)

SIKESTON — The Sikeston Public Library’s annual four-day used book sale begins Thursday, March 30 in the McAmis Room.

The sale will be from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, March 31; and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 1.

On Sunday, April 2 — the final day of the sale — any items left at the sale will be sold for $1 per brown bag full from 1-3 p.m. The library will even provide the brown bags.

Items offered for sale are an assortment of donated books and books removed from the library collection. Shoppers will find regular and large print books, adult and children’s books, and a wide variety of fiction and nonfiction selections, according to library director Ron Eifert.

Proceeds from the book sale are returned to the library’s budget to purchase new materials for circulation in the library, Eifert said.