After school today, the family (including Scooby) jumped in the car and drove to our old stomping grounds in CT. On Halloween weekend, there is a big apple festival, basket raffle and book sale in Salem. Since moving there in 2008, this was my favorite weekend and we looked forward to it every year.
Thankfully, we didn't move that far away that we can still attend some of the activities on this wonderful weekend. The Apple Festival is tomorrow (and if you live anywhere near Salem, you would be foolish to miss this it is so yummy) along with the basket raffle, and sadly this year we had other Saturday plans we could not get out of. Next year, I hope to make a weekend out of it.
Anyway - we went for the book sale. This book sale is huge. They fill the gym at the local school with 1000's of books. We go mostly for the kid's books, but we always manage to find a few adult books as well that we haven't read, or haven't listened to (Mat and I listen to a lot of books on CD).
We came away with 80 children's books (mostly chapter books and classics) and 6 adult books (including two large gardening books) for $30. $30!!! And they are in wonderful shape - these books are very, very lightly used. The kids have their stacks to peruse all weekend long, which is always the best part.
If your local library runs a book sale, you should find out when and attend. Especially if you have children who love to read, or listen to you read to them. In a world of computers, ebooks, Ipads, Ipods, and all kinds of electronic ways of reading, I still get joy out of watching my three sit on the floor on a Saturday morning and look at a pile of books - talking about the pictures, or something funny they read. Nothing beats it.
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