Friends of Sherwood Library Bookstore hours this week

This week the Friends of Sherwood Library bookstore is open on Wednesday from 1 – 4 PM and Sunday, 1 – 3 PM. The library is located at 2501 Sherwood Hall Lane, Alexandria, 22306.

This week the bookstore has several unusual offerings.

Collected during the past year, we have books with odd, interesting, or unique titles and now have them on a cart for your entertainment and purchase. Titles include “Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers,” “Paradigms Lost,” “Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas,” and the not to be forgotten “The Bad A.. Librarians from Timbuktu.”

We maintain a regular shelf of large-print books and have received many recent donations to that collection.

Additional recent donations are reflected in this week’s bumper crop of beautiful art books, emphasizing not just color plates but also photography and museum catalogs.

In recognition of February as Black History Month, we have a dedicated space on our “coffee table books” area featuring non-fiction selections about African-American history.

We constantly update and add to our children’s selections, featuring like-new picture books, easy readers, young adult series, fiction and non-fiction for all grades and reading levels. If you haven’t looked at this room lately, please visit and be sure to let your neighbors, teachers, friends, and parents/grandparents know about this fantastic resource.

The bookstore always appreciates donations in all categories, both fiction and nonfiction, in resalable condition. Please, no magazines or encyclopedias. Receipts are available for tax purposes.

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