Now that I have outed myself as a teacher, I just want to add that MANY of us do NOT believe in only letting kids check out certain “level” books!!! That is an absolute travesty.

Oh, no!! I have lived in 5 states and interlibrary loan never cost me anything!!! I totally understand the space issue. I donate to little free libraries. Or goodwill- in my town, if I donate to goodwill, they give you a 10 percent off coupon which I then use to buy more books! I actually keep very few books myself, but we have soooo many kids books. I am an elementary teacher though, so as soon as my kids outgrow them, they are being donated to school. They use them as giveaways, in book swaps, just in classroom libraries, all kinds of ways!

Do you live in the US? If you do, you should be able to use interlibrary loan, which should be able to get you any book you want. Getting a reciprocal card from another, larger library should also be an option. Goodwill/Salvation Army and other thrift stores have TONS of children’s books- usually pretty cheap!

My kids driving class was less than 28 days long, so it can be done!

A super long time ago, I really liked a couple books by him that had kids that were genetically engineered to have wings. This was a really long time ago (20+ years)

Talk to your library about getting connected to ebook services. I use Libby/Overdrive and Hoopla frequently. I also have a Kindle Unlimited subscription…. It’s kinda worth it? Another idea is to buy them at Goodwill/Salvation Army or other thrift stores. You might be surprised how much you can find!