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The Wichita Adult Literacy Council's 18th Annual Book Fair features more than 100,000 books. Torin Halsey

It takes a lot of volunteers and support from the community to gather, store, transport and organize an event like the Wichita Adult Literacy Council's 18th Annual Book Fair.

This year's event includes approximately 100,000 books in 48 categories, according to WALC Book Room Manager Franklin Bush, who, along with several volunteers were busily sorting and organizing the donated books Wednesday at the Midwestern State University Sikes Lake Center.

The Sneak Preview costs $10 and goes from 5-8 p.m. Thursday evening. Friday and Saturday are free admission and the fair is open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Hard cover books are $2 and soft covers sell for $1. Videos and music in a variety of media, including vinyl records, are also available.

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Volunteer Lonnie Hare helps sort some of the 100,000
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Volunteer Lonnie Hare helps sort some of the 100,000 books for this weekend's Wichita Adult Literacy Council Book Fair at the Midwestern State University Sikes Lake Center.   Torin Halsey/Times Record News
Franklin Bush, book room manager for the Wichita Adult
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Franklin Bush, book room manager for the Wichita Adult Literacy Council, sorts cases of books on religion for the 18th Annual Book Fair. The popular event features approximately 100,000 books in 48 categories for sale at the Midwestern State University Sikes Lake Center.  Torin Halsey/Times Record News
Trudy Wilcox organizes overflow books on the floor
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Trudy Wilcox organizes overflow books on the floor of the Midwestern State University Sikes Lake Center for the Wichita Adult Literacy Council Book Fair. The 18th annual event offers more than 100,000 books for one and two dollars each.  Torin Halsey/Times Record News
Volunteers help sort and organize the more than 100,000
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Volunteers help sort and organize the more than 100,000 donated books for the 18th Annual Wichita Adult Literacy Council's 18th Annual Book Fair at the Midwestern State University Sikes Lake Center. The event is this Friday and Saturday.  Torin Halsey/Times Record News
A small example of murder mystery books available at
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A small example of murder mystery books available at the Wichita Adult Literacy Council Annual Book Fair at the Midwestern State University Sikes Lake Center. The event includes more than 100,000 gently used books, music and video.  Torin Halsey/Times Record News
In addition to approximately 100,000 hardback and soft
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In addition to approximately 100,000 hardback and soft cover books, the Wichita Adult Literacy Council Book Fair includes music and videos in the Media category.  Torin Halsey/Times Record News
Ronda Hare sorts some of the 100,000 donated books
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Ronda Hare sorts some of the 100,000 donated books for sale at the Midwestern State University Sikes Lake Center for the 18th Annual Book Fair for the Wichita Adult Literacy Council.  Torin Halsey/Times Record News
Volunteer Doug Juul organizes murder mystery books
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Volunteer Doug Juul organizes murder mystery books while preparing for the 18th Annual Wichita Adult Literacy Council Book Fair at the Midwestern State University Sikes Lake Center. More than 40 different categories of books.   Torin Halsey/Times Record News
A small selection of sports literature for the 18th
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A small selection of sports literature for the 18th Annual Book Fair for the Wichita Adult Literacy Council. The event offers approximately 100,000 books in more than 40 categories at the Midwestern State University Sikes Lake Center.  Torin Halsey/Times Record News

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    Coca Cola of Wichita Falls donates the use of a large truck and a driver to help get the majority of the books from storage to the venue.

    Volunteers take it from there working in different categories of expertise to arrange the cook books, biographies, how-to, self-help, murder mysteries, inspirational, humor and many other genres.

    This year, there are over 5,000 childrens books, one of the most popular categories.