Books and More Books
My kids are voracious book lovers / readers.
Honey devours books. She is like me in that she is a nighttime reader...she doesnt read during the day but often I will find her, torch under the covers, stealing minutes instead of sleeping.
She also loves to *own* books. She likes to read them and then put them on her shelf. Sometimes she even writes a review about them!
It is, however, an expensive hobby! I have had to look at other ways to find books for her to own.
Enter 'Help the Rural Child' charity bookstore. What a treasure trove Hooli and I found in this store.
We found around 12 titles for under R150 - now that is a bargain. I also went to a bookstore in our area that was closing and found a wonderful series of books for tween girls at R5 each.
We now have a healthy library of our own and it should last us at least 6 months!
Honey devours books. She is like me in that she is a nighttime reader...she doesnt read during the day but often I will find her, torch under the covers, stealing minutes instead of sleeping.
She also loves to *own* books. She likes to read them and then put them on her shelf. Sometimes she even writes a review about them!
It is, however, an expensive hobby! I have had to look at other ways to find books for her to own.
Enter 'Help the Rural Child' charity bookstore. What a treasure trove Hooli and I found in this store.
We found around 12 titles for under R150 - now that is a bargain. I also went to a bookstore in our area that was closing and found a wonderful series of books for tween girls at R5 each.
We now have a healthy library of our own and it should last us at least 6 months!
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And I don't mind spending money on books. Daniella reads and rereads, and obviously Olivia will read them too (i hope!).
Have recently discovered Loot, and their prices are quite good, plus no postage.
Baby OL is still very little but LOVES books already. I am really hoping that she will love reading as much as I do and when it is about more than just the picture. She has a huge library already as I kept all my books as a kid.
What a find that shop is!
Where is it?
That is so sweet of your child doing book reviews. So cute :)
We coming south tomorrow and will try to visit the shop in Wynberg, thanks for that tip.
I love a great idea.
I used to love keeping shelves and shelves of books, but have decided if they can be used by other people, as opposed to gathering dust, i would rather them go some where else. I do keep some books tho, just the random ones i give away.