Today I combed our local library for books for our KONOS Frontiersmen unit. There were less than a dozen! The librarian said the local public schools have stopped teaching about the Westward expansion. Can you imagine?! They teach Plymouth Rock and 2008, but not how we got to the west coast!
I also learned our librarian is required to purge books not checked out in the past two years. Next time I’m there I’m going to ask her if any good books are coming near that point and check them out just to keep them on the shelves. She said holiday books are purged after only one year if they’re not checked out.
Some of the best books in the whole entire universe are overlooked for a few years and need to be dusted off a bit. Something is wrong when we lose if we don’t use quickly. Life is not quick, it is a journey of a thousand miles and begins with one small step, one dusty book.
We live and we learn all at the same time, all the time—as we walk along the path of life.
Deb
As We Walk
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That’s so sad! All those potentially wonderful books
Our library closed altogether after taxes to support it failed to pass. It will hopefully be opening again in a few months.
I can’t wait! We love the library. There’s nothing like it, not even internet ;0
yes, i’ve heard the same thing. our library holds regular sales (at least four per year, i believe). i’m thinking it sells the “not used enough” books as well as donations they don’t need. we have a great children’s library. i love it. it has honestly been my first real experience with a library. (for shame.) i never REALLY used one before that, and i still feel like a novice.
I think the fastest and easiest way to find a good book on the shelf is to find the oldest, most worn-looking one.