Tired of the cold Michigan winter? Dreaming of warmer days and exciting adventures? This weekend, our bookshop is featuring a collection of travel books to help you escape the snow and start planning your next perfect getaway! 🌴🌞 Discover the best travel destinations, hidden gems, and must-see spots with our selected books! Take also a look at our special cart full of travel guides for only 50 cents each. Come visit us this weekend on the lower level of the Troy Public Library. We’re open this Saturday from 10AM to 1PM and Sunday from 1PM to 4PM.
🏮🧧Happy Chinese New Year! 🧧🏮
Next Wednesday January 29th ushers in the year of the Snake 🐍 and we have some amazing books to celebrate Lunar New Year! ㊗️ Our Center Table will be featuring several titles related to the People’s Republic of China 🇨🇳 and its multifaceted culture. Discover the rich tapestry of Chinese literature, history, geography, archaeology and art through our selection. Whether you’re aiming to master Chinese cuisine 🍜 or embark on the journey of learning the Chinese language 🈴, we have the right titles for you! And if you feel our Center Table display isn’t enough, be sure to check out our “World Culture” and “Foreign Language” sections, too. Of course, we also have a wide inventory of more gently-used fiction and non-fiction books of all…
🏈📚 Touchdown Reads at the Friends of the Troy Public Library Bookshop! 📚🏈
With the Detroit Lions 🦁 charging towards victory, we’re featuring an all-star lineup of books this week, all about sports and our beloved state of Michigan! Whether you’re a die-hard fan or just enjoy a good game, we’ve got something for everyone on our center table. While you’re there, check out our Michigan and Sports Sections too! And all the other shelves, filled with gently used fiction and non-fiction across all genres and for all ages, plus magazines, games and puzzles, most priced for $1 or less! Swing by the bookshop this weekend and grab your next great read! We’re open Saturday 10-1 and Sunday 1-4, not interfering with the big game Saturday night. Go Lions! 🦁💙
A fond farewell 😢 and big thanks 💙
This week we had to say Goodbye to our awesome volunteer Lou Wassel who’s retiring from his position for the Friends of the Troy Public Library. He has been the mastermind and creative genius behind this page and it’s super fun weekly posts for the last few years ✍🏼📃👨🏼🦳 Lou has been the heart and soul of our weekly updates and bookshop previews, always bringing a smile to our faces with his unique and entertaining posts! While we wish him all the best for his next adventure, we will dearly miss his fun posts and the charm he brought to our page. No one can do it quite like him! Thanks a million, Lou, for everything you’ve done. You’ll always be a part of the…
🎊🎊🎊 Happy 2025 from Friends of the Troy Public Library! 🎊🎊🎊
We hope you were able to ring in the New Year with safe and festive celebrations! Now that the confetti and balloons have settled, why not jumpstart your resolutions with a visit to our Book Shop? 🎉🎈 This weekend, our Center Table is stocked with books to help you become the best version of yourself in 2025! Whether you’re planning to cook healthier meals, start a fitness routine, learn meditation, cut back on screen time, or begin journaling, we’ve got the perfect books to guide you. Plus, take a few steps over to our shelf with the Personal Growth, Diet & Nutrition, and Health & Fitness sections, where everything is 50% off! 💪 For our music lovers, we’ve rolled out two carts packed with sheet…
Happy New Year 2025!
Happy Holidays from The Friends of the Troy Public Library! 🎄 ✡️ 🕯️
Whether you’re still putting away gifts from Santa, spinning dreidels, or lighting Kinara candles, we hope your celebrations are filling your hearts with joy! 🎁 ✨ 💝 Looking for something to do between holiday feasts? 🍽️ Our Book Shop will be open this weekend – December 28 & 29 – giving you one last chance to stock up on great reads and media items before 2024 waves goodbye! 👋 ⌛️ This weekend’s spotlight is on Philosophy books. Perfect for those “What is the meaning of Life?” moments after too much eggnog! 🤔 📚 🥛 And … here’s a deal to get really excited about 👉🏻 All audiobooks are just 50¢ each! That’s right – You can feed your mind on the cheap while feeding your tummy those holiday treats! 🎧 😋 We’re proud to share a heartwarming photo…
A Christmas Eve Cruise with St. Nicholas 🎅📚🚗🎄
‘Twas the Night Before Christmas in the Book Shop so neat, Where silence held court, making stillness complete. The tomes were arranged on the shelves with such care, In hopes that the shoppers soon would be there. The volunteers were nestled, all snug in their beds, While visions of book sales danced in their heads. With the Friends in their jammies, and I with my cap, Had just settled down for a long bookish nap. When out on Big Beaver there arose such a shock, Like headers unleashed from a 4-5-5’s block. To the casement I flew, like a page in the wind, Drew back the curtains, let moonlight stream in. The streetlights on asphalt cast shadows so bright, Made Troy Public Library glow gold…
Magic, Masterpieces, Morsels & Miracles – Courtesy of the Friends of the Troy Public Library 🪄🎨🍪✨
🎄 Christmas is just days away, and our Book Shop is filled with last-minute gift magic! Our Center Table features masterpieces of Literature and Art. From Shakespeare’s timeless plays and sonnets to Poe’s mysterious tales. From da Vinci’s brilliant sketches all the way to Caravaggio’s over-the-top realism. 📚 🎨 Need something sweet? Our holiday Cookie Cookbooks will have your kitchen smelling better than Santa’s Elves’ Bakery 🍪🎅 And way, way better than the Keebler Elves’ Hollow Tree, too! 👃🏻😎 And of course, you won’t want to miss our other Christmas & Holiday themed media before we roll it away for another year. 🧑🎄📚🎶🎥💿📀🧩 Most items are priced at the pre-inflationary CPI level of $1 or less (with absolutely no threat of tariffs! 🤪). These days, that’s a bigger Christmas miracle than Maureen O’Hara and Natalie Wood would ever…
🎅🏼 Friends of the Troy Public Library Book Shop is Spreading Extra Holiday Cheer this Weekend! 🎄
Our Christmas and Holiday theme was such a hit, we’ve decked our halls with even more seasonal delights! New to the festivities 👉🏻 A spectacular Center Table display of Holiday Cookbooks. Perfect for planning your Christmas feast or finding a special cookie recipe that’ll make Santa stay an extra hour! 🎅🏼🍪 Back by popular demand 👉🏻 Our “Blind Date with a Book” selection has grown! Forget Tinder and those other dating apps. Our matches are literally ‘Your Type’! 🥰📚 Each beautifully wrapped book comes with a festive ornament. 🎁✨ Plus, we’ve restocked all our Christmas and Holiday-themed books and media items for both adults and kids. Most still priced at just 50¢! 🧑🏻🎄📚🎶🎥💿📀🧩 Science Fiction and Fantasy fans rejoice 👉🏻 Our entire shelf remains half off! 🚀🐉 Visit us on the lower level of the Troy Public…