Inspiration From The Distant Past

Inspiration From The Distant Past
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Monday, August 29, 2011

Bargain Book Bonanza (23): Classics, sort-of

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A book haul linky party for bargain loving bookworms!




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Leslie is hosting this week!

Good morning, all. I had intended to write this last night, but we ended up watching a movie - a SAD movie - and I was too tired after that to get this out. (Just FYI, Mars Needs Moms is very sad. No spoilers, but if you have sensitive kids, maybe pass on this one. One of ours ended up in the middle of our bed last night! If you have a bunch of ingrates, maybe this is a good one. Just saying.)

Anyway, at this pernt in time, when I go book shopping I look for children's books. I am interested in early readers for my two younger ones and fiction books that will get my older one interested in trying new subjects.

This week I found two little goodies - The Cat in the Hat and The Hardy Boys. Both are recent editions. 

99 cents each at Goodwill


I read all The Hardy Boys books when I was a kid and loved them (I never could get into Nancy Drew) so I thought this might be fun for my 10 year old. He hasn't opened it yet, but I may just read it with him.

And The Cat in the Hat has a lot of "sight words" that children need to know as well as rhyming. Plus it's fun! 

So, while not quite as much of a bargain as Lesa can find, me likey!

My second "find" is not really a bargain exactly, but it is a follow up of a previous bargain, and I am equally excited about it. I bought Corre, Perro. Corre, which is the full-sized version of Go, Dog. Go from another website. I won't say the name, but it starts with an "O" and rhymes with Cloverstock.

 

I absolutely adore these books. First the English book, the original, shows location and direction, opposites and contrasts. The vocabulary is fantastic for a kindergartner and first grader.  And the Spanish is exactly the same, but - get this - IN SPANISH! So again, learning all of the above, but IN SPANISH: 

My 6 year old reads the sentence, then we look at the picture and I ask, "Ok, what does perro mean? (DOG) Right! And what does grande mean? (looks at picture~BIG) Exactly and so what does perro grande mean? (BIG DOG!) YAY! You got it! See how easy Spanish is?"

I get such a big grin when he figures it out! LOVE. IT. 

Anyway, I paid about $7 for Corre, Perro. Corre. Not a bargain in the absolute sense of the word, but it is a great aid, so I think it's a good deal for what it is giving us!

So, what about you? What bargain books have you gotten? Maybe they are not at rock bottom prices, but they are a bargain for what they offer!

If you have a bargain book, please share. We love to brag on bargains!


3 comments:

  1. Thanks for the heads up on the movie! Little T is very sensitive about sad movies-- he can't stand for anyone to be hurt emotionally or phsically.

    Cool bargains! And you didn't 'really' spend $7 for just Perro-- since the Seuss and Hardy Boys are basically brand new-- divvying up your total means you spent $3 dollars per book! New picture books esp Seuss are expensive so you just spent money to save money.

    btw, I'm expert at spotting the best bargain perspective! hahahaha

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  2. Ooooh, that's good! You keep spottin' that perspectively!


    And Dr. Seuss IS expensive since it is trendy now.

    Yes, re: the movie (SPOILER) a mom does die in it and even I was sniffling. The whole thing tugged at your heart and pretty constantly. I was mentally exhausted after the movie. I even made up an alternate ending, but Nico didn't completely buy it...

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