Wissahickon Library is a wonderful library that offers many things as well as the lending of books. There is always an area of the library that has three full racks of paperbacks for sale for .50 each and a set of large shelves that have hardcovers for sale for 1.00 each. On occasions there are books that are marked higher than 1.00 but never too high, these usually are new releases that have just come out.
In addition to the ongoing sale twice a year The Friends of the Library have a used book sale which you can really grab some great titles in great condition. Every topic of book you can imagine is on sale and on the final day, whatever books are left~and there is usally alot, it's 3.00 for a brown shopping bag of books. I go whenver they have the sale and build a library at home to have books on hand to read.
The people who work at the library are very helpful should you need reference information as I did recently for a project for my daughter. They went out of their way to find whatever we needed.
The library has huge windows which look out into a garden in the children's section and often you can find bunnies and groundhogs which are always a big hit with the little ones.
I've been to many libraries but this one is well organized and maintained. I spend hours there when I go.
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