Friends Of The Folsom Library Book Sale — Prices Lower Than Ever!

The bargains readers enjoy at the Friends of the Folsom Library used-book sales will get even better. At its next biannual sale, March 21-23 at the Folsom Library, the Friends will lower some of its already rock-bottom prices even more: Hardback and trade fiction (large softcover) books will be just $1.

All other items will remain at their standard low prices: hardback nonfiction $2; nonfiction trade books $1.50, small paperbacks 75 cents each or three for $2; children’s books 50 cents. Some exceptional items may be specially marked.

The sale begins with a preview night Friday, March 21, from 5 to 8 p.m. Admission is $5 for the opportunity to choose from the best selection (Friends members get in free). Saturday and Sunday, March 22 and 23, will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with free admission for all on both days. Sunday is the Friends’ popular "bag day" – grocery-size bags filled with books are just $5 each.

All the books available at the sale are donations in good condition. The Friends is a nonprofit corporation whose sole mission is to support the Folsom Public Library. In the past two decades, the Friends has given more than a quarter-million dollars for library materials and activities. Last year, the group provided the funds to replace all the public computers, which are free for patrons’ use.

Most of the Friends’ funds are raised through its book sales and its bookstore inside the library. Every penny donated to the Friends benefits the Folsom Library.

For more information, visit foflib.org or email friends@foflib.org.

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Learn How To Get Free Braille And Talking Books For The Visually Impaired At The Folsom Library

The Folsom Library doesn’t house Braille materials – so where do visually impaired people who need them go?

Elena Thomason will tell you how you can have Braille items delivered free to your home, and demonstrate Braille and talking materials at the Friends of the Folsom Library 20th-Anniversary Celebration September 28, 10 a.m. to noon. She’ll be joined by her golden retriever Guide Dog, Tahoe.

Braille is a system of translating printed material into raised dots that trained people can read by touch. The California State Library’s Braille and Talking Book Library in downtown Sacramento lends Braille and talking books and periodicals to visually impaired people.

The materials are delivered electronically or by mail, and everything is free, including the equipment and return postage. The service is mandated by the National Library Services of the Library of Congress.

You don’t have to be blind to receive the special materials. Anyone who cannot read for a variety of reasons, such as nerve damage or dyslexia, and has a doctor’s authorization is eligible to borrow materials from the Braille and Talking Book Library.

“I want people to know that just because they can’t see doesn’t mean they have to be isolated from print material,” Thomason said. “I think it’s so important to read.”

Thomason was born with glaucoma and cataracts. She had progressively waning vision until she became totally blind at age 8. Almost immediately, she began learning Braille. Today, she is an expert, passing her fingers over the thick dotted pages almost as quickly as the eye can follow.

Her skill has enabled her to enjoy a long, successful career as a certified Braille translator, using special software to create Braille documents for such clients as Regional Transit Paratransit and the California Council for the Blind and to translate menus for the Old Spaghetti Factory. Restaurants are required to offer Braille menus to visually impaired readers.

She also is a computer whiz, using software that reads aloud her documents and emails. Her newest project is a book she is co-writing that covers 12 steps for living with low vision. The book will provide practical information, in “layman’s language,” on such topics as how to develop your other senses, where to obtain resources and how to work with family members.

A lot of material is available to help visually impaired people read, Thomason says, but few libraries carry them. That’s a mistake, she says. “With the baby boomers growing older, more and more people have eye-related diseases.”

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