The Book Nook will be open for a special sale from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
The Red Lion Street Fair special is: bags of selected books for $1, 4 eight-track tapes for $1 and cassettes are buy one and get one free.
The Book Nook, located at the rear of the former Red Lion Country Club on Country Club Road, is operated by the Friends of Kaltreider-Benfer Library. All proceeds benefit the library.
Operation Paperback will hold its annual fundraiser during Manchester Township's Summer Fun Festival.
The used book sale is from 3 to 9:30 p.m. Aug. 2 at Cousler Park at Church and Greenbriar roads. There also will be silent auction items and sponsorship boxes.
Funds are used for postage and packaging to send books to U.S. military personnel throughout the world.
For details call 854-6620.
The Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society will celebrate its 27th Annual Book Sale with great bargains on some 75,000 used books.
The sale will be held Aug. 13-16 at 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. at 2215 Millstream Road, Lancaster,
Home-cooked food will also be available. All proceeds support the historical society.
While you're there, stop in the museum to see "Decorated and Plain: A Mennonite and Amish Sampler," a display of Pennsylvania German arts in handcrafted furniture, fraktur, needlework and other artifacts.
For details, contact David Sauder at 717-393-9745 or usedbooks@lmhs.org.
Science fiction lovers may want to plan to spend the day at the York Emporium Aug. 1.
The used book store will hold its Sci-Fi Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 343 W. Market St., York.
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This year, I was more prepared.
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