Scholastic Warehouse Book Sale

What parent doesn't love looking at their child's scholastic book club flyer? If you don't know what I mean, just wait....it's the best! I had a wonderful opportunity to go to the Scholastic Warehouse Sale today. The Scholastic Warehouse Sales are exclusively for school employees, school district personnel, homeschoolers, and Book Fair chairpeople. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy browsing at Barnes and Noble once and awhile, but I just can't get over the added benefits of a good warehouse sale. I even enjoy ordering from the Scholastic Book Club at the College I teach at, but these yearly warehouse sales have HUGE discounts that the regular book orders don't have. Most Scholastic monthly orders are about 25% off or so usually, but at this sale....books were 50%-80% off.



As I walked into the doors of the warehouse, my eyes lit up! I walked around grabbing books left and right. The week long sale started this morning and only three hours into it, certain books were already almost gone! Most the best sellers at places like B&N I was able to get at such cheap prices, there is just really nothing like it.


Mark and I read about 8 books to our almost 3 year old every night and I truly believe that every child should have a library of their own. I started my oldest a library when he was born and it is growing and growing. It is such an investment in his future.

I think this afternoon was a success, I picked up around 45 books. I added them up when I got back home and the retail price on the back covers totaled $400. With the coupon I received, using our tax exempt card, and getting the 50-80% off......I got them for a total of $150......yeah, I'd say it was a success.

I leave you with a description of our family when it comes to reading.....

We've been giving our almost 3 year old every opportunity we can think of to read. We decided a long time ago to exchange tv or books. We keep a stack of books by every bed and couch in our home. We read aloud to him a handful of books every afternoon before naptime and every night before bed. We've been doing this for way over a year. Over the past several months/weeks, he has fallen in love with reading with us and books. If you ask him to choose between TV and reading books, he will pick books every time hands down. Last week I asked him if he wanted to watch cartoons or read in his room, he picked reading in his room. I really do believe that if you stick with something, you will reap the awards! He rarely watches television for his age (30-45 minutes a day) which has been a lot of hard work to stick with over the last year but it definitely worth it. I don't have to fight with him about the television, he points out the letters of the alphabet, and he is able to go to sleep within minutes for his nap and go to sleep within minutes at night (since he isn't over stimulated, I think). I really do believe that there is power in turning the tv off and grabbing some books to fill our children's minds with creativity and learning.