Be A Good Friend to Your Local Library

The Friends of the North End Library will hold the fourth annual fundraiser on Thursday, March 7, from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the Fairmont Battery Wharf Hotel located at 3 Battery Wharf.

Tickets for the fundraiser are $45 and can be purchased in advance from http://friendsnelibrary.org/ under the tab labeled “Annual Fundraiser.”

It's definitely a worthy cause.

The North End Library, located at 25 Parmenter Street, has a distinctive collection of books.

There's an adult fiction collection that offers readers the latest bestsellers, romances, mysteries, classics, large-print fiction and audio CDs.

As for the reference collection, you’ll find encyclopedias, specialized dictionaries (including ones for foreign languages) and atlases.

The branch also has a non-fiction collection with books on cooking, health, literature, personal finance and computers.

There’s also a small Italian-language collection as well as an extensive collection of DVDs and music CDs.

You’ll also find a large selection of popular magazines for adults, children and Italian-language readers. The branch subscribes to several daily newspapers.