Carpe Librum DC

Carpe Librum is the fundraising branch of Turning the Page, an education-based nonprofit.

Carpe Librum is the fundraising branch of Turning the Page, an education-based nonprofit, which has pop-up book sales in Washington DC and Chicago! Featuring thousands of gently used books, CDs, and DVDs, all priced under $6.

08/27/2026

School is back in session, and it’s the perfect time to find some lightly used children’s books for $5 or less and books for all ages at $7 or less! Join Carpe Librum across the city this weekend. On Saturday, enjoy a sunny day at the park with a good book, either at Cobb Park from 2 PM to 5 PM or The Parks at Walter Reed from 10 AM to 5 PM. Then, on Sunday, join us for our special extended hours, end of summer sale at Eastern Market. We’re featuring our largest collection of coffee table books and hundreds of children’s books from 9 AM to 6 PM. Don’t miss out on the perfect weekend.

Support Turning The Page this back to school season! When you purchase a book from Carpe Librum, the proceeds go directly to developing education programs and buying new books uniquely curated for our families at DCPS in Wards 1, 5, 7, and 8.

🗓️ Saturday, August 29
📍Cobb Park: 200 H St NW
⏰ 2 AM to 5 PM

🗓️ Saturday, August 29
📍The Parks at Walter Reed: 7175 12th St NW
⏰ 10 AM to 5 PM

🗓️ Sunday, August 30
📍Eastern Market: 701 Pennsylvania Ave SE
⏰ 9 AM to 6 PM

08/26/2026

📚📚 Our end of summer sale is coming to Eastern Market! We’ll have extended hours from 9 AM to 6 PM to mark the start of the school year. We’ll be featuring hundreds of children’s books all for $5 or less. And at $9, we’re very excited to present our largest collection of coffee table books yet! You can also expect our regular assortment of books for all ages at $7 or less. You won’t want to miss these deals.

While this is a special end of summer sale, our Eastern Market sales will continue through the Fall (don’t worry!) See our pinned post outlining the Eastern Market calendar. Thank you Barracks Row Main Street for partnering with us.

🗓️ Sunday, August 30
⏰ 9 AM to 6 PM
📍701 Pennsylvania Ave SE

As always, all proceeds go to Turning The Page. Your support in finding used books helps us buy new books for our families in Wards 1, 5, 7, and 8.

08/21/2026

Carpe Librum returns to Van Ness! Our students are going back to school next week, and you still have time to find novels, children’s books, and board books for $7 or less. Thank you, Van Ness Main Street for our continued partnership!

🗓️Sunday, August 23
⏰11 AM - 3 PM
📍Van Ness, 4340 Connecticut Ave NW

100% of all proceeds support family learning initiatives in Wards 1, 5, 7, and 8 with Turning the Page. Turning The Page

08/18/2026

This Saturday, August 22, from 10 AM to 5 PM, Carpe Librum returns to the Parks at Walter Reed for our pop-up used book sale! Find great books, CDs, DVDs, and vinyl records, all for $7 or less.

Thank you The Parks at Walter Reed for your continued support.

🗓️Saturday, August 22
⏰10 AM- 5 PM
📍7175 12th St NW

08/17/2026

This week at Carpe Librum, be sure to catch us during back-to-school season! Shop children’s books for $3 to $5 dollars and grab yourself a novel, CD, DVD, or vinyl for $7 or less.

🗓️Wednesday, August 19
⏰12 PM- 6 PM
📍Rosslyn’s Farmer’s Market, 1800 N Lynn St Arlington, VA

🗓️Thursday, August 20
⏰10 PM- 4 PM
📍Wilson Plaza at the Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW

🗓️Saturday, August 22
⏰10 AM- 5 PM
📍The Parks at Walter Reed, 7175 12th St NW

🗓️Sunday, August 23
⏰11 AM - 3 PM
📍Van Ness, 4340 Connecticut Ave NW

100% of all proceeds support family learning initiatives in Wards 1, 5, 7, and 8 with Turning the Page. Turning The Page

08/14/2026

Thank you all for joining us at the NoMa farmer’s market to support the education nonprofit Turning The Page and to NoMa BID for partnering with us! We hope to be back soon :)

Don’t miss our sales this weekend!

On Saturday we will be in Canal Park and Prather’s Plaza in Mt. Vernon Triangle until 4 PM.

On Sunday we’re back for our recurring sale in Eastern Market Metro Plaza.

See you soon!

08/13/2026

Join us for another Carpe Librum Saturday! This weekend we’re covering SE and NW. From 11 AM to 4 PM, we’ll see you at Canal Park, and from 10 AM to 4 PM, we’re back in Mt. Vernon Triangle.

🗓️Saturday, August 15

📍Canal Park in Navy Yard, 200 M St SE
⏰11 AM- 4 PM

📍Mt. Vernon Triangle, 440 K St NW
⏰10 AM- 4 PM

08/07/2026

Our August calendar is here, with over a dozen sales! Shop back to school with children’s books for $3-$5, and all books, CDs, DVDs, and vinyl records for $7 or less. This weekend is packed! Tomorrow, catch us in Falls Church, Virginia, and on Sunday we’ll be doing a special CD and DVD with ✨✨August 9th! V STREET POP UP at The Atlantis/9:30 Club!✨✨ at the Atlantis. Can’t wait to see you there 📖☀️🍉

100% of all proceeds support family learning initiatives in Wards 1, 7, and 8 with Turning the Page. Turning The Page works oneTurning The Pageents and caregivers, offers critical resources, and hosts programming to improve educational outcomes for elementary and middle school students.

07/30/2026

We are kicking off August with two sales this Saturday!
If you’re in NW, catch us in Cleveland Park from 10 AM to 5 PM. And if you’re in the SE side of town, we will see you in Yards Park from 11 AM to 4:30 PM. We’re excited for this packed weekend, thank you Cleveland Park Main Street and Navy Yard BID for making these sales possible!

🗓️Saturday, August 1

📍Cleveland Park, 3333 Connecticut Ave NW
⏰10 AM- 5 PM

📍Yards Park, 335 Water Street SE
⏰11 AM- 4:30 PM

All proceeds go to education nonprofit, Turning The Page

Address

1350 I Street NW
Washington D.C., DC
20005

Telephone

(202) 347-9841

Website

https://turningthepage.org/events/

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