Friends Bookshop on the Square

The Friends Bookshop is located just inside the front doors of the Fort Dodge Public Library. The items sold in the bookshop are donations made by the community. The volunteer run bookshop is the main source of income for the Friends and all proceeds go to the library.

Bookshop Hours

Monday 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Tuesday-Friday 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Closed Saturday & Sunday

Bookshop Pricing (subject to change)

Hardbacks $2.00
Paperbacks $1.00
Magazines $.25

Clearance cart $.25

Children’s
Hardback $.50
Paperback $.25

Puzzles $1.00

Special & Newer books, videos, audiotapes, DVDs, games, etc. are priced as marked

Donations

Donations can be dropped off to the bookshop during open hours or may be brought to the front desk inside the library.

When donating items, please keep in mind the bookshop does NOT accept the following:

Encyclopedias
Textbooks
Condensed books/materials
Audio cassettes
Weekly magazines
Magazines over a year old
Damaged / Torn / Dirty / Musty items

Volunteering

The bookshop is always looking for volunteers who are interested in staffing the cash register, sorting books and stocking the shelves a few hours a month.

To volunteer, please contact Book Store Co-Managers:

Ruth Collins
227-1863

Pat Milefchik
576-6357

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		1	2 Storytime All day October 2, 2019 https://fortdodgelibrary.org/event/storytime-12/ For children 2-5, please call 573-8167 ext. 6242 to register your child.	3 Storytime All day October 3, 2019 https://fortdodgelibrary.org/event/storytime-13/ For children 2-5, please call 573-8167 ext. 6242 to register your child. Brown Bag Briefing–Veterans’ Day Special 12:00 pm-1:00 pm October 3, 2019 https://fortdodgelibrary.org/event/brown-bag-briefing-veterans-day-special/ Presented by Larry Harklau, U.S. Army Veteran. Harklau is a lifelong resident of Webster County. He served in the U.S. Army from 1966-68. He was deployed to Vietnam in 1967, where his mission was one of searching caves and destroying. This presentation is designed to give the audience a chance to ask questions about the war, his deployment, and his service. After this program you will observe Veterans’ Day, November 11, with renewed respect.	4	5
6	7 Book Club–Bottomland 6:00 pm-7:00 pm October 7, 2019 https://fortdodgelibrary.org/event/book-club-bottomland/ No additional detail for this event.	8 Color Your World (Adult Coloring) 11:30 am-1:00 pm October 8, 2019 https://fortdodgelibrary.org/event/color-your-world-adult-coloring-4/ No additional detail for this event. Color Your World (Adult Coloring) 5:30 pm-7:00 pm October 8, 2019 https://fortdodgelibrary.org/event/color-your-world-adult-coloring-5/ No additional detail for this event.	9 Storytime All day October 9, 2019 https://fortdodgelibrary.org/event/storytime-14/ For children 2-5, please call 573-8167 ext. 6242 to register your child.	10 Storytime All day October 10, 2019 https://fortdodgelibrary.org/event/storytime-15/ For children 2-5, please call 573-8167 ext. 6242 to register your child. Brown Bag Briefing–Antarctica Travel 12:00 pm-1:00 pm October 10, 2019 https://fortdodgelibrary.org/event/brown-bag-briefing-antarctica-travel/ Presented by Daryl Beall, former state Senator. After an incredible and literally sickening two-day cruise from the tip of South America to Antarctica, Beall found a beautiful, but foreboding, land of seals, albatrosses, and four varieties of penguins. Antarctica is a land of superlatives: coldest, remotest, highest, driest, and most uninhabitable continent. No vegetation, but lovely icebergs and glaciers. Come see the wonderful pictures from Beall’s visit to this fascinating continent!	11	12
13	14	15	16 Storytime All day October 16, 2019 https://fortdodgelibrary.org/event/storytime-16/ For children 2-5, please call 573-8167 ext. 6242 to register your child.	17 Storytime All day October 17, 2019 https://fortdodgelibrary.org/event/storytime-17/ For children 2-5, please call 573-8167 ext. 6242 to register your child. Brown Bag Briefing–Unity Point Hospice–A Compassionate Community Service 12:00 pm-1:00 pm October 17, 2019 https://fortdodgelibrary.org/event/brown-bag-briefing-unity-point-hospice-a-compassionate-community-service/ Present by Mary E. Larson, Volunteer Coordinator, Unity Point Hospice. You never know when you will be faced with making end-of-life choices for a loved one. Do you know what services Unity Point Hospice offers? Come and learn about how this critical comfort care program supports our community. A DVD titled New Rules for End of Life Care will be shown. Come and get your questions about hospice care answered.	18	19 Writers’ Workshop 9:00 am-1:00 pm October 19, 2019 https://fortdodgelibrary.org/event/writers-workshop-2/ No additional detail for this event.
20	21 Monthly Monday Movie: The Cabin in the Woods 6:00 pm-8:00 pm October 21, 2019 https://fortdodgelibrary.org/event/monthly-monday-movie-the-cabin-in-the-woods/ Five friends go for a break at a remote cabin, where they get more than they bargained for, discovering the truth behind the cabin in the woods. Rated R	22	23 Storytime All day October 23, 2019 https://fortdodgelibrary.org/event/storytime-18/ For children 2-5, please call 573-8167 ext. 6242 to register your child.	24 Storytime All day October 24, 2019 https://fortdodgelibrary.org/event/storytime-19/ For children 2-5, please call 573-8167 ext. 6242 to register your child. Brown Bag Briefing–Fort Dodge Area Railways 12:00 pm-1:00 pm October 24, 2019 https://fortdodgelibrary.org/event/brown-bag-briefing-fort-dodge-area-railways/ Presented by Al Nelson, local author and historian. 2019 is the 150th anniversary of the first locomotive (the Hattie Sherman) steaming into our young and thriving town. Throughout the 1860s, Fort Dodge was the third fastest growing town in Iowa. This presentation tells the story, with pictures, of how the railroad came to town and the principal people involved. This may have been the most important and exciting event in the history of our town.	25	26
27	28 Library Board meeting 3:30 pm-4:30 pm October 28, 2019 https://fortdodgelibrary.org/event/library-board-meeting-5/ No additional detail for this event.	29	30 Storytime All day October 30, 2019 https://fortdodgelibrary.org/event/storytime-20/ For children 2-5, please call 573-8167 ext. 6242 to register your child.	31 Storytime All day October 31, 2019 https://fortdodgelibrary.org/event/storytime-21/ For children 2-5, please call 573-8167 ext. 6242 to register your child. Brown Bag Briefing–Collaborative Arts in Our Community 12:00 pm-1:00 pm October 31, 2019 https://fortdodgelibrary.org/event/brown-bag-briefing-collaborative-arts-in-our-community/ Presented by Shelly Bottorff, Executive Director, Fort Dodge Fine Arts Association. Bottorff is always excited when she gets the opportunity to share with different groups in our area. The FDFAA is currently involved in over 15 collaborative projects. One of those projects includes the AFES Arts Project. Bottorff is anxious to tell you all about it!

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