Today is the first day of the Lexington Public Library's book sale. It started at 10am. We arrived at approximately 10:02. Or thereabouts.I got four books, Charles got one book, Iain got 13 books. Yes, 13. How did this happen? Here's a hint. One of us had to keep him occupied. The easiest way to do that was to take him to the kids' section. There, he proceeded to sniff out, with unerring accuracy, every single book related to trucks in the entire building. We bolted for a few minutes each, picking out this and that, only to return to find his pile even larger. Finally we fled.
But here's the thing: the entire outing, family membership to the Friends of the Library and all, cost a whopping $32.72. for 18 books. That total includes 2 books in Spanish, by the way. Charles picked out one - it's TinTin. He was amused by the idea of a book in Spanish, translated from English, originally in French.
We're going back. Because at 50 cents a book, you just can't beat it for getting Iain set up with stuff to read. If only the library sold shoes...
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