I started buying books for my daughter almost from the time she born. I spent a fortune at my local grocery stores buying the books of the week, yes all 20 volumes sometimes, and I spent another fortune during the elementary years buying books from the monthly scholastic forms that came home in the book bag. I volunteered at the School Book Fairs where yes, I bought even more books. When my daughter got a little older she turned to reading chapter books, where once again, I spent a fortune on Nancy Drew Mysteries and more. I then had to spend a small fortune buying book shelves and storage totes for all these books to have a place.
One day, I just couldn't take it anymore. I had to get rid of some of the books. I passed along what I could to whoever would take them, but I was still left with quite a few books. I called my local library and asked if they took donations. They did but only took books in good condition, so for the next hour or so I went through my daughters entire book collection and pulled out her favorites to keep, threw away the worn and torn ones and boxed up what was left. I took the boxed up books down to my local library.
The librarian gave me a paper which contained the total number of books I donated and an estimated price for all the books. This gave me a little SAVINGS on my taxes for that year.
If you have any books that you can't use or don't need anymore, call up your local city library or the nearest school to you and see if they allow for donations, I can bet you they wont turn you down. Funding for new books too often takes a back seat. Donating the books helps declutter your home and SAVES you space.
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