The Gift Shop is staffed by volunteers. More Gift Shop call the Library District Administrative Office at 441-2300 ext. Selected Gift Shop merchandise is also on sale at various library branches. The annual Friends Book Fair has grown to be the second largest book fair in the St. Louis area. Over 300,000 items available.
Items sold include books, magazines, records.
All items are sorted in popular categories such as mystery, cookbooks, sets, children's, crafts, fiction, etc. Prices are reduced on Saturday. All proceeds from the Book Fair are donated to the Library District. More than 100 volunteers are needed to work the 2001 Book Fair. Volunteer jobs include stocking tables, tallying sales, cashiering, providing information and loading and unloading trucks.