Accidentally Thrifty

We didn't mean to actually BUY anything at this particular thrift store; we always pass it up to go to the one in the next town over which has a much better selection.  But we had a few minutes to kill and oops, $90 later... 10 of those dollars were spent on these 13 books. (The other 80 went toward two pairs of winter boots, a maternity shirt, dress shoes, shirts, a rockin' Burl Ives record, three games, a skirt, building/shop books, gloves and a bike helmet if you must know)

So surprised and pleased at this happy handful of children's books.  Just posting this picture to inspire and remind you all to seek out picture books second hand: 90% of my 'healthy' library are now thrift store/garage sale finds... less than a buck a piece usually. I'm not going to add many notes except I already had some of these so I either saw they were in excellent shape and bought them as gifts or I wanted to replace my beat-up paperback versions. Super excited especially to find the Poetry for Young People series book for Kipling, whom we are studying next term, a mint hardback of James and the Giant Peach, which will be gifted to my almost 7 year old on his birthday in a couple weeks, another Billy and Blaze book, which are the best books for horse loving BOYS, and a fresh replacement copy of our well-loved board book, Harry the Dirty Dog.