One of the comments left on my other blog was by my friend Charlotte when she mentioned giving books a Christmas presents, because it is much better to own than to borrow from the library! I could not agree more!Last year, in effort to get Elisan to enjoy reading more, I began buying her a book or two at Goodwill when I'd see them. Her homework assignment was usually to read for 20 minutes, but she'd often struggle with the books she checked out from the library at school. The books would either not keep her interest or the books would be a wee bit over her level of comprehension.
Once I got the girl started on reading books she enjoyed, I couldn't hardly keep up with her. She was devouring the books and wanting to go back to GW to get more books. As you can see, we've spent quite a lot of money on books from Goodwill. These are all the books that she's read. We're hanging onto them for when Kyla is ready to read them.
I've seen the price range on books from store to store. One store sells them for as little as $.59/each. I've also seen them as high as $1.29 each. Either way, that's still a great bargain, don't ya think?The Goodwill stores that I shop have many, many chapter books for kids. It's a great way to buy the whole collection of series books as well. Elisan loves the "Babysitters Little Sister" series of books.
I love to buy books at Thrift stores too! I have better luck finding what I want there than at our public library. The Habitat for Humanity store near us, as well as GW, sells them for as cheap as $.25-.50 each...definitely can't go wrong with that! Aidan is currently into The Box Car Children and I have scored big with them at thift stores. I will have to remember the Babysitters Little Sister series for Sarah when she is ready for them. Lovin' this blog btw!
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