Special Members Only Sale September 19. Members must show their membership card to enter. Drawing for free 2027 membership will be held that day. You will get 10% off all purchases ove $500. Plus shop the sorting room and first chance at special sales and free stuff! Members only!
MEMBERSHIP SALE! Now you can become a member for just $10. This gets you ten percent off of all purchases over $5, good until December 31, 2026. PLUS entrance to the members only sale on September 19th! You get to shop not only the store but also the sorting room which holds all the books that are ready to go out on the shelves in the store. There will be special sale prices and lots of free things. Puzzles will be half price, that day only! Memberships will be available at the door, but if you buy now you will start saving money now!
2026 Annual FOL Membership Application 2026 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 - Call the Friends at 217-421-9733.
Please join us on Wednesday, October 7th, 2026, at 12:15 in the Decatur Public Library's Madden Auditorium for Books Between Bites. Kathy Sorensen will discuss the book Theo of Golden
About the Book: Theo of Golden (2023) is the debut novel of Allen Levi. The novel follows the enigmatic yet kindly actions of Theo, an elderly Portuguese man who arrives in the southern town of Golden and discovers 92 pencil portraits displayed at a local coffee shop. He embarks on a mission to purchase these portraits and give them to their subjects, whom he considers to be the works’ “rightful owners,” and his “bestowals” create profound connections across the community before his true identity is revealed. According to the website Super Summary, the novel explores “themes of Cultivating Connection Through Art and Kindness, The Transformative Power of Being Truly Seen, and Finding Redemptive Value in Sadness and Joy”. It is also a “#1 New York Times bestselling phenomenon and word of mouth smash hit”. Some people call it a “treasure” while others call is “hokey” and criticize it for “too much religion”.
About the Author: Allen Levi is an attorney, judge, and singer/songwriter from middle Georgia.
About the Presenter: Kathy Sorensen is a former Spanish teacher and is retired from Richland Community College where she worked for 25 years in Student Services. Most of her work was in Career Services—helping student decide what career to pursue and suggesting the academic path to that career. She has also taught Spanish at St. Teresa High School and at RCC. She currently volunteers for several organizations including the Garden Club of Decatur, the Beautify Decatur Coalition and Decatur Sister Cities. Kathy is an avid reader and belongs to two book clubs.
Books Between Bites is a free program at the Decatur Public Library, sponsored by Friends of the Decatur Public Library
We have a gift basket with the ACOTAR series-paperback in pristine condition with tons of goodies included! Also some new children’s gift baskets with books, tiny beanie babies, toys, snacks and stickers. And fill a bag for $2 of old westerns! Also new releases have been restocked. New bookmarks for kids. Bring in your summer reading coupons for a free regular priced book and pick up a new bookmark while you are there!
Book sales are on the main floor of the Decatur Public Library. Go in the main entrance, then go left to our bookstore. Hardback books are only $1,and paperbacks are 50 cents. 2025 and 2026 hardbacks are $7, and 2025 -2026 paperbacks are $4 Special books and other items are priced as marked
Sale Days and Times - Monday from 10:30am - 2:30pm
Tuesdays from 10:30am - 2:30pm
Thursdays from 3pm - 6:30pm
Saturdays sales are on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays every month from 9:30am - 12:30pm