Friends of Robinson-Carpenter Memorial Library host two-day book sale
Friends of the Robinson-Carpenter Memorial Library will hold a two-day summer book sale in Cleveland, with low-cost reading and a built-in way to support the library.
Friends of the Robinson-Carpenter Memorial Library will hold a two-day book sale at 104 South Leflore Avenue, giving Cleveland readers a chance to pick up inexpensive books while backing one of the county’s busiest public institutions. The sale will run July 10 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and July 11 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
The sale comes at a practical time for families, teachers and readers who are looking for affordable summer reading, classroom material or gifts without adding much to the bill. It is also a recurring quarterly event, which makes it part of the library’s regular fundraising rhythm rather than a one-time pop-up. The Friends of the Bolivar County Library System is a nonprofit that supports book sales and summer library programs, tying the event directly to the system’s year-round work.
The Robinson-Carpenter Memorial Library is the main branch of the Bolivar County Library System, and its regular hours make it easy to combine the sale with a stop inside the building. The library is open Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Readers who want to call ahead can reach the library at 662-843-2774.
Beyond the sale tables, the library houses the Mississippi Room, the system’s local history and genealogy collection. That room includes Bolivar County newspapers on microfilm, marriage records, deeds, tax rolls and titles, making the Cleveland branch a destination for residents tracing family lines or local property history as well as for casual browsing.
The library’s size and use underscore why events like this matter. Library Technology Guides lists the Robinson-Carpenter Memorial Library at 47,394 volumes, with annual circulation of 34,294 items and a service population of 33,322 residents. Its roots go back to 1917, when the Madame Hodnett Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution created a public library in First Methodist Church in Cleveland. The library was formally dedicated on July 2, 1961, as the Dorothy Robinson-Carpenter Family Memorial Library, later shortened to Robinson-Carpenter Memorial Library.
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