Best Used Book Sale Ever

The Racine AAUW used Book Sale is an exceptional sale for folks who love to read and/or give books to others. The sale is thousands upon thousands of fiction, non-fiction, how-to’s, coffee table books, children’s books, puzzles, even some sheet music – and the preponderance of what they offer is sold at $1-$2 per item.  

Everything is donated (MANY books have been donated by generous people in Waukesha and then ferried to Racine by me, AKA The Book Coyote). Books are organized by AAUW volunteers and as you already know, older women do NOT mess around. This is not towering stacks of tipsy tomes. This sale is orderly, you can see what’s available by topic and author.

All proceeds go to educational programs and scholarships for women. Last year they raised $40,000.

It’s worth a drive. From the sale site at the corner of West and Washington you can walk to; Bendtsen’s Bakery (3200 Washington), Larsen’s Bakery (3311 Washington). You can sit down and have a latte with Racine’s best thinkers at Wilson’s Coffee and Tea (their Morning Glory muffins are terrific) at 3306 Washington.  From the sale site it’s a 9-minute drive to North Beach where you could walk along Lake Michigan. You drive past the Racine Art Museum to get to the beach. You can stop for a perch sandwich and a brewski (they have a full menu but why not eat a Lake Michigan fish next to Lake Michigan?) at Joey’s Yardarm, 920 Erie.