Books are treasures at our house. We love to curl up with them by the stack alone or as a family. The public library is wonderful, but there is something fulfilling about having your very own books. Today our family field trip took us into the city for the local Half-Price Books store. We set a budget of $100.00 and came home with 33 books and $25.00 left over. 
That is an average of $2.28 per book, though we had some that were fifty cents, and one was $7.98. Each of the children was given a portion of the budget ($8.00 each) to choose their own books. I thought I would share a list of what we brought home.
- Lego Colors board book
- Lego Numbers board book
- Curious George and the Firefighters board book
- Blue’s Big Book of Stories – 7 books in this large book.
- I Spy Reader Collection – 4 books in this.
- A Pet for a Princess
- What is a Princess?
- Catherine, Called Birdy
- The Family Under the Bridge
- DK Young Classics Peter Pan
- Hatchet
- Moonwalk: The First Trip to the Moon
- Star Wars Galactic Crisis!
- The Trojan Horse
- Journey of a Humpback Whale
- Franklin’s Neighborhood
- Harry Houdini (DK Biography)
- Ice Age 2: Join the Pack
- The Matchlock Gun
- From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil W. Frankweiler
- Caddie Woodlawn
- When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
- Around the World in a Hundred Years
- Food Chain Frenzy (Magic School Bus chapter book)
- Sealed With a Kiss (Disney Princess)
- Fizz, Bubble, & Flash: Element Explorations and Atom Adventures
- Seaweed Soup
- Beethoven Lives Upstairs
- Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare
- Eating the Alphabet
- Wonders of the World Atlas
- Liberty
- The Lost Files of Nancy Drew
Okay, I’m off to read some books with the kids now!
5 comments:
How fun! I love a good deal! My favorite way to find good books cheap is at yard sales. Can't beat brand new books for a quarter.
Love Half Price Books! We went last Monday and got a ton of the books on my list for the upcoming "year" for only $30. And the girls love being able to pick out any book they want -- with those prices, there is very little that I will say no to, if they really want it :-)
Wow sounds like a great store!!!!
I wish we had a store like this in my STATE let alone nearby! ;-) Books are so my downfall. Great finds! I loved how you let all the kids pick some for themselves too.
Wow! What a deal!
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