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Welcome To Friends Online

Serving the Kalamazoo, Michigan Community

Sales from the Friends Bookstore and this online website support the programs of the Kalamazoo Public Library

Curbside Pick-up in the KPL Central parking lot. Park in one of the curbside pick-up slots and call 553-7950 to speak to a volunteer.

IN-STORE PICK-UP DURING ALL OPEN BOOKSTORE HOURS.
Wed. Noon - 6pm, Thurs - Sat 10am - 4pm

This week in our Online Bookstore

Music

New in Music

Women and Music in America Since 1900

Caribbean Popular Music

Music

The Billboard Illustrated Encyclopedia of Opera

History

Great Rivals in History: When Politics Gets Personal

By Joseph Cummings

The Neglected War by Hermann Joseph Hiery

The German South Pacific and The Influence of World War I

Homecoming: The Scottish Years of Mary Queen of Scots

by Rosemary Goring

History

New on Shopify

New on Shopify

Hundertwasser: Complete Graphic Work 1951-1976

This bibliophilic gem is a Hundertwasser original, the first book designed and laid out by the artist himself. Bound in black linen, foil-embossed, and printed in six colors, this book features illustrations of all 71 of Hundertwasser's graphic works created between 1951 and 1976.

New on Shopify

Realism in Wood

New on Shopify

Earnest Hemmingway's

Classics

MORE ABOUT fRIENDS OF kpl

BECOME A MEMBER OF THE FRIENDS

Becoming a member is another way to support the Friends mission. Your dues support many KPL programs and services.

Benefits of Membership
NEW!
For Members-only Pre Sale of our indoor Bag Sales.

Other Benefits include: 10% off all purchases in the Friends Bookstore. Members-only Presale our Annual Gift Books Sale. And 20% off one a Shopify order.

https://www.kpl.gov/category/friends-of-kpl/join-friends/

FRIENDS BOOKSTORE

November 14, 2024

Our newest spotlights this week are Holiday Fiction and Premium Paperbacks. 
We continue our spotlight on children, teen, and adult Holiday books, DVDs and CDs. We have a nice selection of Christmas, Kwanzaa, and Hanukkah items.

On the patio we have a selection of Film & Media for half price! Some are contemporary and many are vintage.

Our Hidden Gem this week is a lovely 12-volume vintage set of The Complete Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Copyright date 1883, this set is in great condition. You’ll find this in aisle 8 of the bookstore where you see the Hidden Gem signs.


Store hours:
Wednesday, Noon to 6:00 pm.
Thursday – Saturday 10
am to 4 pm.

The Friends Bookstore is located in the Lower Level of the Kalamazoo Public Library.

315 S. Rose St.
Downtown Kalamazoo
269-553-7820

DONATIONS

We accept donations on Mondays and Saturdays from 10-12 and Wednesdays from 11-1 in the parking lot behind the Central Library.

If you would prefer to schedule an appointment to drop off your donation you can call 269.553.7950 and a volunteer will return your call.

Summer 2024 ... We have a particular need for Classics, Literature and Recent Fiction.

There is a limit of 4 boxes per person per day.

For more information about Friends organization go to our website at KPL:
https://www.kpl.gov/friends