We need(ed) more books!?

Whether in Mexico or Canada, we want to get Hannah started on school this fall (kindergarten). We would like to see her at least part time in a school or some activity in Mexico, but while we’re in transition we’ll be teaching her ourselves.

This means we need to figure out what to teach her, how to teach it, and so on. We’ve got some material now, but along with it we needed a whole bunch of children’s books that we didn’t have. I know, we already have lots of great ones, but Hannah and Nathanael do love books. Of course, we’re also getting rid of some books, so I spent a while going to used bookstores trading in. I found one or two or a few we needed in every store, and a few bonuses, such as Nathaniel Willy Scared Silly (too bad they can’t spell Nathanael right!).

By the way, if you’re in Calgary looking for used books, I recommend Fair’s Fair (any store) and Pilgrim Books (Christian books), though there are quite a few other good ones.

Then we checked out the internet to find the cheapest place to get the rest. Some we could get new, some we couldn’t. This time the best overall deal was at chapters.indigo.ca. I often switch between that and amazon.com. Amazon usually has the better price, and this time I got the ones I couldn’t get at indigo at amazon. In fact, amazon also had some of the best prices for used books too.

A great place to look for used books is AddALL. There are some other good used books searches, but I think this one is my favourite at the moment.

There were some books that were rather obscure and I really had to look, but in the end we ordered all the books we need for the first year. Praise the Lord! We look forward to seeing Hannah and Nathanael grow in their knowledge and love for God.

Now if we can only fit all these new books in the trailer…