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money well-spent
Nov. 16th, 2009 10:34 pmI'm a member of the student group of the American Library Association. Recently we had a fundraiser to raise money to buy books for this children's center that's working on starting a library. Informed that the student ALA would reimburse me for up to $15 if I spent it at the book sale at a nearby public library, I went off this morning to shop.
Let me tell you, you can get a lot of books for $15. I'd heard of all the books I bought for the kids and read about half of them. Included are The Day Jimmy's Boa Are the Wash by Trinka Hakes Noble, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg, Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery, and Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit. These kids have to start reading the good kinds of books early, after all!
(I also bought several books for myself because I have very little willpower. I also took several more out of the university library, even though I already have three others out. Like I said, little willpower. But I like it.)
Let me tell you, you can get a lot of books for $15. I'd heard of all the books I bought for the kids and read about half of them. Included are The Day Jimmy's Boa Are the Wash by Trinka Hakes Noble, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg, Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery, and Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit. These kids have to start reading the good kinds of books early, after all!
(I also bought several books for myself because I have very little willpower. I also took several more out of the university library, even though I already have three others out. Like I said, little willpower. But I like it.)
