Sparkle Kingdom

[Lemon Cheesecake]

haven't seen any of the bookstores like that in awhile.now that everyone is online

if it is a brand name say yes its... and i git it at goodwill for 2 bucks!

[Mousy]

Yeah, I haven't seen many around these days. The one I used to go to changed their rules. I guess they lost a lot of money from it. Yes, you can still do trade-ins for credit, but when you use the credit, you still have to pay $1 per book. Before, I could go in, trade in so many books, and take so many books back home. Give it a few weeks to read all of my new books and then I'd repeat the cycle.

[Lemon Cheesecake]

even the libraries are picky what books they take but you can donate them and they sell them at a used book sale

[Mousy]

Yes! Friends of the Library sales are gooooood! I think there is one on spring break here! Children's books for a quarter! Heck yeah!!!

[Lemon Cheesecake]

i picked up a set of anne of green gables for a dollar a book there

[Mousy]

I hate paying full price for anything! I can barely resist a good deal. XD
I get in trouble for buying books and stuff for my class all the time.

[Lemon Cheesecake]

too bad your families don't have more money. our local school has scholastic book sales and each teacher puts titles of books they want in a basket and you can go and pick a title out and by it for that class.

[Mousy]

oh wow! That's pretty neat! and you just made me realize that we haven't had a bookfair yet. O_O
Surely we will.. I'm new to this district, so I don't know all of the ins and outs, but we gotta have a bookfair!

[Lemon Cheesecake]

the teachers also put the books and other things they want on their wish list on the newsletters they send out

[Mousy]

We had a wishlist at the beginning of the year. I got a few things from it. I really want to ask for glue though. those kids go through glue sticks faster than I ever thought possible!

[Lemon Cheesecake]

staples and office max have great sales here for back to school - glue is usually 25 cents i wonder if they have any donation programs for schools...i know if you brought your toner to staples they gave you store credit.not sure if they still do.

[Mousy]

i need to spend my summer looking up different things like that!
There is a website where you can post your classroom needs and people all over will donate. I need to see if any of my coworkers have used it and how it works...

[Lemon Cheesecake]

i'll try to ask my friends who are teachers for other ideas.

[Mousy]

There is one thing somewhere where they give you a "coupon" for a class pet from petsmart! the coupon pays for the pet and you pay for the supplies for it!
I need to start writing these websites down. I forget what they are. XD

[Lemon Cheesecake]

i'll see what i can find out too