Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Half-Price Books

We finally made the trek to North-Central Austin to check out the giant-sized Half-Price Books Monday afternoon. Here is what we walked out of there with:

Roald Dahl & Quentin Blake - Roald Dahl's Even More Revolting Recipes.
Ruyard Kipling - The Jungle Book - this edition is annotated so we'll be using this for school.
The American Girls Collection - Kirsten's Craft Book - crafts from 1854.
Predators Sticker-Pedia - includes a CD-ROM with over 224 clip art images!
Dover Game and Puzzle Activity Books - Knock Knock Jokes.
Decide Your Destiny Series - Doctor Who - The Spaceship Graveyard.
Patricia MacLachlan - Sarah, Plain and Simple.
Patricia MacLachlan - Skylark - the sequal to the above book.
John R Erickson - Hank the Cowdog.
John R Erickson - The Further Adventures of Hank the Cowdog.
Ed Emberley's Drawing Book of Animals.
Laura Lee Hope - The Bobbsey Twins In Volcano Land.
Uncle John's Wild & Woolly Bathroom Reader for Kids Only - wacky facts about amazing animals!
Gertrude Chandler Warner - The Boxcar Children.
Gertrude Chandler Warner - The Boxcar Children Surprise Island.
Gertrude Chandler Warner - The Boxcar Children The Yellow House Mystery.
Scholastic - Li'l Book O' Big Laughs.
Frances Hodgson Burnett - The Secret Garden.
Joy Adamson - Living Free - I'll try to get Born Free before we get around to reading this.
Walter Farley - The Black Stallion and the Girl.
JM Barrie - Peter Pan: The Original Story.
Roger Lea MacBride - Little House on Rocky Ridge - the continuation of the stories that Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote.
Roger Lea MacBride - Little Farm in the Ozarks - #2 of the above.
Roger Lea MacBride - In the Land of the Big Red Apple - #3 of above.
Roger Lea MacBride - On the Other Side of the Hill - #4 of above.
Scholastic Series Dear America - The Captive Diary of Catharine Cary Logan 1763.
Scholastic Series Dear America - The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell 1847.
Scholastic Series Dear America - The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi 1883.
Scholastic Series Dear America - The Diary of Libby West 1868.
Scholastic Series Dear America - The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift 1932.

I have no idea where we're starting with these books although most of them are for Giselle to read by herself in the mornings before school.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

My goodness! What a haul! I LOVE 1/2 price book stores-but my wallet doesn't!