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Library employees Tiffany and Isabel model the Friends eco-tote.
Tiffany says: " Library totes are the new black".

The Friends of the Milwaukee Public Library is our advocate and a separate 501(c)3 organization with its own board of directors. They recently supported Milwaukee Public Library neighborhood branches with 17 grant awards to enhance collection development with popular, high demand items throughout the library system.

Show your support for the Friends and MPL with the purchase of a hat, shirt, coffee mug or other items available for sale through CafePress. For each purchase you make, a percentage will go to the Friends of MPL.

The eco-fabulous Friends totes can be purchased for $2 at your local MPL library. (They're 14.5" high, 13" wide, and 10" deep.) And don't forget MPL canvas totes, a bargain at $10.

If you would like to join the Friends of MPL organization, we'd be grateful if you'd click here.

The Friends will hold their next used book sale on Saturday July 11 at Bay View Library, 2566 S. Kinnickinnic Avenue, from 10:00am to 4:00pm. All proceeds benefit the Milwaukee Public Library. Friends members can shop early (beginning at 9:30am) with a valid membership card.

For information on how to join the Friends click here. Other sales scheduled for Central Library are September 19 and November 21.

Note: This sale occurs during the annual South Shore Frolics parade on S. Kinnickinnic, which begins at 11:00 a.m. Please plan your travel route accordingly.

The Friends are sponsoring a 10-cent used book sale on Saturday, September 19 at Central Library from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. All proceeds from this sale benefit the Milwaukee Public Library. Friends of MPL can present their membership card for entrance to preview the sale at 8:30 a.m. before the general public.

Would you like to join the Friends? Email friends@mpl.org, call 414.286.8720, or click here.

Would you like to support the library? Purchase one of these sturdy MPL $10 canvas totes!
(Kenton and Kaleb are not included.)

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The Third Ward's Public Market will soon be home to a new mobile MPL Friends used book sale. Used children's books, cookbooks, fiction and non-fiction will be scattered throughout the market and available for daily sale for the bargain price of $1.

Proceeds from these book sales will benefit Milwaukee Public Library. Support our library and this local market by browsing for bargain books this fall!

Check out the great deals on books this November!

The Friends of the Milwaukee Public Library are holding their Holiday and Children's Book Sale on Saturday, November 21st. The sale will run from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m., and will be held at the Central Library.

For more information on book sales in 2009 and 2010, check out the Used Book Sales page on MPL's website.

The first used booksale of the year will be taking place Saturday, February 6th from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. at the Central Library.

This sale features romance novels and cookbooks. So stock up on those romantic reads, or pick something up to cook your way into the heart of a loved one, just in time for Valentine's Day!

All proceeds benefit the Milwaukee Public Library. Sponsored by the Friends of the Milwaukee Public Library.

Check out other upcoming used book sales!

The Friends of the Milwaukee Public Library will be holding a used book sale on Saturday, May 1, 2010. This 10-cent sale will take place at Central Library from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.

Proceeds from the book sale will benefit the Milwaukee Public Library. Remember that Friends members may enter the sale 30 minutes before the general public with their current membership card!

The Friends of the Milwaukee Public Library will be holding a special used book sale this week. Everything will be half off, with the exception of premium-priced items. The event will take place at the Central Library Bookseller Used Book Store on Friday June 4th and Saturday June 5th, from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. each day.

For more information, go to www.mpl.org/file/found_sales.htm . Thanks for supporting the Friends and MPL!

The Milwaukee Public Library's Annual Report for 2009 has been released.

Check out the report to see the Library's mission and vision, statistics on the library, the direction that the library is headed, and other information on MPL. Also see the contributions and support that have been offered to the library by the Milwaukee Public Library Foundation, the Friends of the Milwaukee Public Library, and other donors.