Now the nonfiction. I have to save most of my nonfiction budget for the many, many sets I plan to buy in January. Bearport is my publisher of choice. Never buy anything from Child's World. I bought a $20, library bound book from them in July and the binding is already disintegrating. Blah. Anyways, let's see what we can clear off the lists:
- Ripleys Believe It Or Not! :--Enter If You Dare (someone stole our Ripleys book. I can't find an exact replacement for it and I'm feeling disgruntled about buying stuff so people can just STEAL IT)
- Fairy tales - I'm not buying any fairy tales next year, I don't think. Except for Greban's Snow White. I want that one.
- Field guide to aliens by Olander
- Name that dog by Peggy Archer (I'm still not buying poetry)
- This is rocket science by Gloria Skurzynski
- Junkyard science by Karen Young
- Hive detectives, Extreme Scientists, Bat Scientists (I love Scientists in the Field, but I gotta buy sports series)
- Weird but true: 300 outrageous facts (nat'l geo)
- Truce by Jim Murphy. My library kids just aren't interested in history much.
- Wild Swans (Why did they have to update it with a PINK cover?)
- Eyewitness Bird (just bought a huge bird series)
- Eyewitness Vote (I'm never gonna actually buy this)
- Free Spirit Laugh and Learn (I got a couple for Tough Topics, but I don't think I want anymore right now or next year)
- Real Vikings by Melvin Burger (I liked it, but will the kids read it?)
- You can draw Transformers (found another drawing series I like better)
- Goal! by Mark Stewart (I have a different sports series in mind)
Stuff I ran out of money for and will get next year (I'm on a different computer now, which formats things differently. Why yes, that does DRIVE ME INSANE):
- Face to face National Geographic series - I need penguins, sharks, and several others.
- National Geographic Kids The Ultimate Dinopedia :--Your Illustrated Reference To Every Dinosaur Ever Discovered (somebody STOLE the last dinosaur encyclopedia I bought. I am SO MAD. It was only a few months old!)
- Bones :--Skeletons And How They Work by Steve Jenkins
- Bug Zoo by Nick Baker
- Iron Man: The ultimate guide
- Sometimes it's grandmas and grandpas by Gayle Byrne (for our tough topics collection)
- I'm getting a checkup by Marilyn Singer (also for tough topics)
- Ancient Aztec (we have most of this nat'l geo series and it goes out whenever I put it on display)
- Maybe a few fairy tales. Greban's Snow White, Craft's Twelve Dancing Princesses, Mayer's Baba Yaga and Vasilisa, and Ehrlich's Snow Queen. Oh, and maybe Bernadine's Rumpelstiltskin
- All new crafts for mother's day and father's day by Kathy Ross (I personally think holiday-specific craft books are kinda blech, but I don't really like holidays. People asked for this, but I wasn't able to get it in time for the actual holidays)
- Our countries first ladies by Ann Bausum (multiple biographies at one blow)
- Eyewitness Titanic (you can never have too many Titanic books)
- Garbage helps our garden grow (maybe. I hate spending $20 on these library bound nonfiction for little kids. They don't seem worth it. The books I mean)
That leaves me pretty clear for all the series we'll need next year. I'm thinking sports series and some more scary places, maybe a few more animal series...we'll see. At some point I am going to have to do something about the biography section. If I wait another 5-10 years I can just torch the entire shelf and start over...
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