They say that the first step is admitting it.
I am addicted to buying children's books. Phew! It feels good to get that out there.
It started last year with an innocent assignment in our Literacy class. Read 10 children's books and demonstrate how they could be used in the classroom, the assignment instructed. So I started going to used book sales, Borders, and yard sales. My book pile started to grow.
"I'm building my library." I thought to myself as I shamelessly purchased more books than I could carry at a time. Then my sister got a job working for Macmillan publishing. Packages of 15 books at a time would arrive and each one was like Christmas morning. She realized her mistake quickly when I started sending email requests of book lists that would challenge The Strand's inventory list.
Then Fall came, and with it our internship. I was introduced to the glorious world of Scholastic books. Books for around $3 you say, I'll take 20.
Suddenly, my room was out of control.
I spent the weekend buying crates and organizing, but I still fear I may one day be buried under the piles, not to be found for weeks. I rarely emerge from my room anyway (I have too many books to read) so no one would notice until it is too late.
I've decided it's time...I'm looking for a 12-step program.
But, in the meantime...
when you find a program will you include me as well!! I am horrible with the purchasing of books! I look and I say what is 3 more dollars!
ReplyDeleteThis is just great. I find my self wanting to have every book anyone ever mentions to me. I love books. Not just reading them but the actual smell, touch, and sounds of a book. It must be a teacher thing. This made me think of an article I read about kindles being potentially used in schools. Is that too much? or is a useful tool for students? I think my problem is i just am fixated on one concept of possessing many books.
ReplyDeleteArticle: http://www.ednews.org/articles/school-chooses-kindle-are-libraries-for-the-history-books.html