Books and reading are very important with my family. When I was a kid, I would go weekly to the library with my sisters and we would stay for hours reading books and then checking out more books to take home.
Though I grew up and went into the technology field, one of my sisters went into library science and the other into secondary education. So when my son was born, my book loving librarian and school teacher sisters made sure my son's bedroom was filled with enough books to rival any library! To this day, my son's favorite thing to do (outside of playing video games) to to read books and I sure that is because he was surrounded by them from birth.
My sisters' present of hundreds of baby, toddler, and elementary school level books was the perfect gift since books are not cheap, but they are the gift that keeps on giving for a lifetime. But for those who don't have generous book giving relatives like I do, you need to check out an annual, non-profit used book and media sale that starts on Sunday called Bookstock.
Bookstock runs from Sunday, April 27th - Sunday, May 4th at Laurel Park Place in Livonia, MI and offers incredible deals on used books and media with all proceeds benefiting literacy and education projects in metropolitan Detroit.
Admission to Bookstock is FREE,
except for the Sunday 4/27 3 hour Presale!
This year, Bookstock will feature five days of special sales:
- Pre-Sale - Sunday, April 27 ($20 Entry Fee - All other times have FREE Admission)
A $20 admission fee for the Sunday Pre-Sale that runs from 8:10am to 11am gets you first shot at Bookstock's over 100,000 donated used books, DVDs, CDs, books on tape, magazines and records for sale, at bargain basement prices. While you are shopping, listen to a performance by the Larry Callahan and Selected of God Choir, made famous by the Chrysler Superbowl XLV commercial.
- Monday Madness – Monday, April 28
One lucky buyer will receive a $500 gift card and 750 shoppers will receive spectacular giveaways.
-Teacher Appreciation Day – Tuesday, April 29
Bookstock is celebrating teachers by giving 50% off to all teachers with a valid ID, from 3 – 9 p.m. At 5 p.m. Bookstock B.E.S.T.* Awards, (Bookstock Extraordinary Student/School/Teacher) will be presented to fourth grade students from Detroit Public Schools who best describe how “My Favorite Book…and Why.” Awards will be presented by a WDIV personality and cash prizes will be given to five students, their teachers and their schools.
- Bookbuster Special Days – Wed, April 30 and Thursday, May 1
Buy 3 books and get the 4th book *free (*least expensive item), from 3 – 9 p.m. Spend $25 or more and be entered in a special drawing for a football signed by Detroit Lions Quarterback Matthew Staffrord or an exciting sports collectible.
Half Price Finale, Sunday, May 4
All remaining books and media will be sold for half price!
For more information about Bookstock,
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- Website at www.bookstock.info
- Facebook page: at www.facebook.com/BookstockMI
- Twitter page at @BookstockMI
And Eventbrite link for tickets to the Sunday, April 27th 3 hour PRE-SALE at http://bit.ly/1nokg8V
Bookstock @ Laurel Park Place
37700 Six Mile Rd, Livonia, MI 48152
Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014
10:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday, FREE Admission
11:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. on both Sundays, FREE Admission
8:10 a.m.-11:00 a.m. - Sunday 4/27 for Ticketed Only PreSale
Enjoy!
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