Any Laurall K Hamilton or Kim Harrison fans? Lots from these authors and more like them came in last week! Priced $1 and .50 each. Also look at the new arrivals for all ages! Open this week Monday and Tuesday 10:30-2:30, Thursday 3-6:30, Saturday 9:30-12:30. Come check us out!
Did you know we also have puzzles in our store? The puzzle shelf has just been completely restocked! We have over 30 puzzles donated this week! They are in great shape and all popular brands. None priced over $6.
Annual FOL Membership Application 2025 FOL Membership Form Membership forms with payment may be mailed to "Friends of the Library, 130 N. Franklin St., Decatur, IL 62523" or brought into our Books & Beyond bookstore during business hours as listed in the letter.
FOL Phone Number - We do have an extension number you can use to notify us. Call the library at 217-424-2900 ex 6133. Leave a message and someone will return your call as soon as possible.
Book Donations - Reminder: we are still accepting donations of used books. There is a cart located outside the main library entrance where donations can be left. All genres are needed. This is one of our main routes of fundraising. Thank you again for supporting your community by supporting Friends of the Library ! Thanks.
Free to the public!
Please join us on Wednesday, July 2, 2025, at 12:15 in the
Decatur Public Library’s Madden Auditorium for Books Between Bites.
Book: From the Bohemian Hills
Author and Presenter: Randall Reyman
About the Book: From the Bohemian Hills with its compelling plot made it hard to put down. The novel’s storyline takes the reader on the emigrant-immigrant’s journay as imagined from the perspective of two main-character familes and an additonal cast of both real and imagined characters that togethr, present a variety of contemporary viewpoints and thus a more greatly nuanced story. Thus Reyman’s approach gives us a primer in Czech history that further puts his fictional story into a larger historic context. The reader of From the Bohemian Hills will not soon forget its history lessons through reyman’s unforgettable characters.” D.J.B., Czechoslovak Genealogical Society Inernational
About the Author / Presenter: Randall Reyman is a musician, composer, and writer living in Decatur, Illinois. Born in Iowa, he spent his boyhood practicing his trumpet and wandering the family’s160-acre livestock and grain farm. He attended the University of Northern Iowa, University of Illinois, North Texas State, and Illinois State University. He is a proud descendant of Czech ancestry. Contact Information: randallreyman@gmail.com, (217) 433-4240 For more information about the author, go to www.randallreyman.com
Books Between Bites is a free program at the Decatur Public Library, sponsored by Friends of the Decatur Public Library
FOL booksales are at the library 3 to 4 days a week! At the new Friends area on the lower level of the library. Every Monday from 10:30am – 2:30pm, Tuesdays from 10:30am – 2:30pm, Thursdays from 3pm – 6:30pm. And second & fourth Saturdays sales are from 9:30am – 12:30pm.
Calling all fans of Decatur memorabilia from 39 years ago! We know it isn’t a book, but there are a lot of fans of our Local History section where we sell books on Decatur or by Decatur authors, so perhaps someone wants this Decatur Celebration poster from 1986. It is mint condition and the artwork is by Decatur native Larry Wetherholt and it measures 18 x 24. We are selling this for a mere $2. If you are interested ask someone at the sales table to fetch Tony the Special Book Guy and he will bring you into the sorting room to check this out in person!