Summer Learning Program begins June 1 The 2023 Summer Learning Program runs June 1 through August 31 and is open to everyone ages birth-18 years. This year’s theme encourages us all to come together to discover stories that spark our imagination. And there’s no better place to do that than at your public library. To…
New Life for Old Books Old books received a new life through a journal making class thanks to our friends and partners at the Swannanoa Valley Fine Arts League. Artist and instructor, Denise Waldick, led a workshop in which we transformed books into fun and funky journals. Over the course of a morning, we removed the…
The Things We Find in Books, Chapter 3 The FOL received a large volume of donated books recently and, once again, many of the books contained treasures! Here are a few of our most recent finds. –A 1903 receipt from The School Education Co. in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The receipt is for a square edge that…
A Passion for Books Library patrons and FOL volunteers all over the world share one thing: A passion for books. Here in Black Mountain, many FOL donors share stories about the books — who the books belonged to, what kind of books they are donating, when and where they got the books. A recent large…
The Things We Find in Books, Chapter 2 As mentioned previously, FOL volunteers spend every Tuesday morning sorting the donated books that make their way into the library bookstore or FOL pop-up book sales. And we continue to find things that have been left in donated books. A recent sampling turned up a Russian song…
Get Ready! Another awesome book sale is coming!! The FOL will be hosting a book sale on Saturday, December 10, from 10-1 at the library. Fill an Ingles paper shopping bag with books of your choice for $5. Or purchase children’s books for 2 for $1.00. This sale will not be a lot of any…
FOL Book Donations Thanks to the generosity of Black Mountain residents, the FOL receives book donations every week. Sometimes a few books, sometimes several boxes of books. Most of these donations are destined for our library bookstore, and the money raised from selling these books is used to support the library. Occasionally the FOL receives…
Flowers + Book = A Pressed Flower Book If you love flowers and books, we have a simple and fun idea for you! Take an old book with a pretty cover, and turn it into a book for pressing and keeping flowers and leaves. Use your creativity; there’s not a “wrong” way to create a pressed…