BELLINGHAM - A pair of upcoming book sales benefit local literary causes.

- Hundreds of new children's and young adult books will be on sale 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, on the sixth floor of Wilson Library at Western Washington University. Books are $5 for hardcover, $2 for paperbacks. Proceeds benefit the annual Children's Literature Conference.

- Friends of the Bellingham Public Library will hold its annual winter sale from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Dec. 5-8 in the basement of Bellingham Public Library, 210 Central Ave. Books, including many children's books and young adult fiction, will be priced $2 or less. On Dec. 8, books will be $4 a bag. Details: 360-778-7250.