Don’t miss this great community event.

BARGAIN BOOKS, DVDs, CDS GALORE! Holiday shoppers take heed: Vista Grande Public Library’s annual Fall Book Sale Event is slated for Saturday and Sunday, November 20 and 21, at the La Tienda shopping center in Eldorado. Saturday hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday hours are 1 – 4 p.m.

There’s no better place to take your holiday gift list. High-quality books, CDs and DVDs for adults and children will be for sale at bargain-basement prices. Come early for the best selection.

EXCITING RAFFLE PRIZES FOR ALL AGES! Patrons can also participate in a raffle for a chance to win one of three great prizes: An Amazon Kindle with case, a charming Victorian dollhouse and an air-rocket launch kit with companion DVD.

Raffle tickets are $3 each, and this year ticketholders can choose which prize they’re competing for by placing their ticket stubs in the appropriate boxes. Winners will be announced Friday, December 12, at VGPL’s Family Night Movie, “A Christmas Carol,” showing at 7 p.m.

DELIGHTFUL GINGERBREAD CONTEST! The holidays bring gingerbread houses, gingerbread families, artistic gingerbread sculptures, and all sorts of other fanciful creations from the yummy and aromatic dough. VGPL celebrates the upcoming season this year by adding a gingerbread competition as part of its annual Fall Book Sale Event. 

Here are the rules: To enter, bring your yummy and imaginative gingerbread creation to the Book Sale room at La Tienda Friday, November 19, between 3 and 7 p.m. There are no size restrictions, except that you must be able to carry it. Alone. Gingerbread crafters up to age 16 will be entered in the “Junior” category. All others will be judged in the “Adult” category. Judging will take place Sunday afternoon, November 21, at the book sale, and first, second and third place ribbon winners will be announced.