Diaper Swappers

*Hadassah* · 01-27-2011, 10:51 PM

Without going broke? I'd love some new ideas.

stevensmom · 01-27-2011, 10:53 PM

I got mine from my classroom

A good place is thrift stores: goodwill, salvation army, local thrift shops

Garage sales

Library (ours has a book sale 2 times a year)

33andunder · 01-27-2011, 11:01 PM

Scholastic online, the library, and my mom. She's the rest book giver ever!

gobybike · 01-27-2011, 11:10 PM

Goodwill and Value Village, most definitely! DD's bookshelf is full of brand new looking books all for about .99 a piece. sometimes they'll have sales and it'll be .49 a piece.

napua · 01-28-2011, 03:26 AM

Back in the States we were always buying from Barnes & Noble but I used my 20% educator's discount card. There was also a wonderful used book store nearby that we frequented.

Now we either have to buy from the PX on post, order online, or go to the local thrift store on post. The TS has awesome prices! Children's books are between .25 and .10! They also do bag sales quite often where you can fill up a brown paper grocery sack for $5....that's a ton of books!

Kimmyann · 01-28-2011, 03:43 AM

I have a ton of books from when I was teaching but we still get alot of books from half.com, scholastic books, and garage sales.

bluedagger · 01-28-2011, 04:43 AM

Look in your phone book for a used book store-- sometimes they are tiny little places tucked away. And goodwill is also a great way to get kids books. And when you go to books stores look in clearance bins almost all books stores have them-- that's how I got DS book for Christmass-- they were only 5.99 a peice.

youngmomma · 01-28-2011, 04:45 AM

craigslist

Minniebees · 01-28-2011, 05:06 AM

We get quite a bit from book orders, when teachers send them out.

I order online from Books a Million. They have pretty good prices if you are in their club.

My MIL is a 1st grade teacher, and she sends us tons of books. We really have too many, TBH. And some of them are really old and bizarre.

RedSoxFan · 01-28-2011, 05:41 AM

I can't be positive, because I don't have kids and haven't joined, but I think that Dolly Parton's Imagination Library (http://www.imaginationlibrary.com/) gives a free book each month to kids that sign up.

01-27-2011, 10:51 PM	#1
Hadassah Registered Users Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 573 Ratings: 7 Feedback: 100%	Where do you get your children's books? Without going broke? I'd love some new ideas.

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stevensmom Moderator Squeeze your own darn cheeks Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: a little place called Home Posts: 34,412 Ratings: 368 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Re: Where do you get your children's books? I got mine from my classroom A good place is thrift stores: goodwill, salvation army, local thrift shops Garage sales Library (ours has a book sale 2 times a year) __________________ Erica , wife to Ben, momma to Steven aka Boo11/30/06 & Emily aka MonkeyBuns9/11/10 "Opidy" joining the crew August 2013 Forever in my heart, always on my mind (3.09, 5.09, 12.11)...."Life's too short to buy green bananas" Swag with me! I've made over $520 in amazon gift cards & $225 in paypal

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33andunder Registered Users Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Maple Ridge, BC Posts: 895 Ratings: 23 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Re: Where do you get your children's books? Scholastic online, the library, and my mom. She's the rest book giver ever! __________________ Mommy to Amelia, Ethan and Brennan

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gobybike Registered Users Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 402 Ratings: 4 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Re: Where do you get your children's books? Goodwill and Value Village, most definitely! DD's bookshelf is full of brand new looking books all for about .99 a piece. sometimes they'll have sales and it'll be .49 a piece. __________________ Ashley! Sweetheart to Bret, mama to Eedan Dahlia (Oct. 13th 2008) and Coyote Sequoia-Skye (June 9th 2011)

01-28-2011, 03:26 AM	#5
napua Registered Users Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Stuttgart, Germany Posts: 12,066 Ratings: 54 Feedback: 100%	Re: Where do you get your children's books? Back in the States we were always buying from Barnes & Noble but I used my 20% educator's discount card. There was also a wonderful used book store nearby that we frequented. Now we either have to buy from the PX on post, order online, or go to the local thrift store on post. The TS has awesome prices! Children's books are between .25 and .10! They also do bag sales quite often where you can fill up a brown paper grocery sack for $5....that's a ton of books! __________________ J+C=M+M