WHAT I GOT AT THE BOOK SALE (the above picture is not me; it was taken in 1970 at a book sale at Smith College)

Our county library system holds a used book sale several times a year and the biggest one was this past weekend. This is the fourth year we've gone I think. It's held at a county park where they also have the North Georgia State Fair. One building holds children's books and the other holds adult books. The books are all in boxes on the floor and people start lining up almost an hour before it opens. I brought the kids and we got there at about 8:40AM. My kids are old enough now to help look. My oldest is especially good at this. He knows just what I want - good children's literature and some reference books for homeschool. He's also kind of a book snob - he only wants hardback. Here's a partial list of what I got ~

The Silver Branch by Rosemary Sutcliffe

D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths

These Happy Golden Years and By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder

James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl

The Secret Garden by Frances Burnett (perfect Hallmark gift book edition)

A Wrinkle in Time and A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle

Webster's Intermediate Dictionary

Young Reader's Dictionary of the Bible

The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis

two different Where's Waldo books (my kids love these)

I also went into the adult building and picked up these ~

The Holiness of God by R.C. Sproul

Stepping Heavenward by Elizabeth Prentiss

The Passion of Jesus by John Piper

The Prayer of Jesus by Hank Hannegraaf

All of Grace by Charles Spurgeon

There's a lot more I could list but the best part of it is I paid so little. I filled up one rolling cart and half a laundry basket for under $40!! For a bibliophile like myself, this is heaven! Now all I need is more bookcases!