Litchfield Library Watercade Book Sale
The Litchfield Public Library has numerous events scheduled during any given week throughout the year, but with Litchfield’s Watercade celebration this week, there are even more events coming up. The library will have a float in the parade on Saturday evening – handing out books to children – and the book sale will be held on Saturday at the Library from 10-to-2.
Pioneerland Meeker County Librarian Beth Cronk says people line up in front of the library before 10 a.m. and they have to set up police tape so that the Friends of the Library can wheel the carts of books out onto the sidewalk. She says they’ve received a lot of donated books and this will be the biggest book sale they’ve ever had.
Cronk says the books, CDs and DVDs that they sell are reasonably priced and the proceeds help to fund programs that the library offers throughout the year and also with library improvements. She says they received a donation from the Wintercade Committee and a Thrivent grant that will help them pay for the books that they will hand out during the Watercade parade on Saturday.
Library Board member Kathy Keller says this is the 4th year that they will be handing out books during the parade and they have over 1500 books to hand out for young children up through senior high age. She says the money from the book sale and from donations has helped to pay for new computer chairs and for other fixtures at the Litchfield Public Library.
Keller says the library foundation is looking ahead to future improvements for the library facilities and donations are always welcome. Board member Tom Cubbage says they had a bookmark contest at the Litchfield Library and the winning bookmark will be included in the books that they hand out during the Watercade parade.
Cubbage says the bookmark contest was a great way to get youth involved in a creative event. He says the library offers all kinds of programming for both adults and children, and Children’s Librarian Jennifer Barnes does a great job with the programs that she leads. There will be a program this Thursday, July 9th, at 10:30 a.m. at the Litchfield Opera House with a dinosaur program presented by the Science Museum of Minnesota.
