300 East Seventh Street,
Charlotte, NC 28202
United States
June 17, 2025
All summer long, join the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library's Frontline Puppeteers for any of our music-filled puppet show: Travel the World! This is a 30-minute puppet show that incorporates songs, folk tales, and stories from children's picture books featuring countries like Germany, Mexico, Australia, and Africa, followed by a puppet-making activity and a chance for attending children to meet our friendly puppets. The show is geared toward children ages PreK-Gr. 2, but all ages are welcome.
The puppet show is traveling to all 20 library branches throughout the summer months, so join us for one or for them all!
More information about the shows can be found on our events page HERE.
The Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Frontline Puppeteers are a troupe of trained puppeteers who work for various branches of the library. We have been bringing puppet shows and silly voices to Charlotte since 2018.
January 21, 2025
This blog was written by Kim Arlia, logistics leader for Charlotte Mecklenburg Library.
This blog was updated on June 6, 2025 to include new dates and remove dates that have already passed.
SUMMER IS HERE! Let the humidity begin! I do not know about you but now it is all about chilling and enjoying a vacation/staycation with a good book! What better place to pick up your next favorite read than at the library book sale! At a loss of what to read – just ask the volunteers and staff at the sale – we have lots of recommendations! Trust me – my TBR ( to be read) list is a mile long!
Each sale will have a unique selection. Bring your book club group! Pick up some beach reads! Kids heading to camp – pack a book.
We are filling the carts with fiction, non-fiction, children’s, young adult, cook books, and coffee table books. Prices start at $1.00 Bring a friend and remember to buy for yourself and others! Gifting a book is a literacy treasure that lasts a lifetime!
Support your local library and expand you mind. See you at the sales!
Start marking your calendar today! Book sales are 9 a.m. – 1 pm (unless otherwise noted).
As new dates are scheduled – the listing will be updated. Hope to see you soon!!
Book donations are currently accepted at all open Library locations.
NOTE: Smaller libraries may have limited storage capacity. Please call your local Library before making a book donation to ensure the location can receive your items. Do not leave them outside – rain and bugs are not their friends!
The Library does NOT accept the following items:
Textbooks
Have a large donation? Please contact Kim Arlia by phone at (704) 416-0751 or by email at [email protected] to make an appointment.
All donations are brought via the library delivery system to the Library Administration Center (LAC). At the LAC, a team of volunteers will go through the donations and determine what will happen to them based on condition, age, and genre. Some may be added to the existing library collection, others may go to various outreach programs, some make their way to the many Free Little Libraries in Mecklenburg County, while others end up at the library book sale or for sale at Thriftbooks.com. Revenue generated by book sales and Thinftbooks.com allows for the procurement of more library materials.
SURE CAN!!! Complete a profile here: https://www.cmlibrary.org/volunteer Make sure you select to work with the Book Donation and Book Sale Team Member. Having problems with the CERVIS site – contact Kim Arlia by phone at (704) 416-0751 or by email at [email protected]