2nd Look Books in Green Valley is giving me another load of books to bring down to the Newspaper. I have booked my condo for July 10 and 11th so I will bring them down then. I know a lot of you went and got books last time.
I was at 2nd Look Books today and Lacey will have another load of books for me to bring down when I come down after the 4th. There will be children's books again along with everything else. I will again take them to the newspaper.
I am coming down on Monday with another load of books. I will take them to the newspaper. There is only one box of children's books this time. These are from 2nd Look Books in Green Valley.
When I was getting all the books at the used bookstore to bring down to the newspaper. I got request for children's books. I am in Green Valley AZ and have had not a lot of luck picking up kids books to put at the library in the RPTimes. It would be great a some of us could get a few children's books and bring them down to the Newspaper.
When I was getting all the books at the used bookstore to bring down to the newspaper. I got request for children's books. I am in Green Valley AZ and have had not a lot of luck picking up kids books to put at the library in the RPTimes. It would be great a some of us could get a few children's books and bring them down to the Newspaper.
Have you ever asked the White Elephant for needed books. I volunteer there 4 days a week in the movies and music department . I see 10 to 15 boxes a day donated to us. There are a lot of books that are sent on because of space. They look for people that need books. As for me getting them to RP, I will bring down the next time I go. Health has slowed down my trips to RP, but I am looking forward to going some day.
I inherited the shelves and many of the books when the Las Conchas Library closed from lack of use. I have lots of shelf space. Have gotten books for the Times several times. I go through 2 or 3 a weeks usually. I take a box and get a box.
Today I went to 2nd Look Books. They had another box oof books for me to bring down when I come down. The newspaper has a real good library of paperbacks for us all to use.
Today I went to 2nd Look Books. They had another box oof books for me to bring down when I come down. The newspaper has a real good library of paperbacks for us all to use.
My wife and I are planning to go to Rocky Point the 6th of February. I think I can pickup a couple boxes of books from the White Elephant. Are there any certain kind of books wanted. Also does hardback or paperback matter. I hope I can find the newspaper. Never been there.
I read the popular junk, but would love to get some books in Spanish speaking for friends. Youth related and children's books mostly but anything. There is no city lending library here and each school has it's own so many schools have no library at all. A friends daughter, age 15 told her mother all she wanted for Christmas was a book !! You can buy them here but they are priced well beyond the means of the average family.
Rocky Point Times is just off Calle Trece, 13th Street, (at the traffic light on Benito Juarez with the big fish statue) It is down near the end, just behind the only Oxxo on the left side of the street going toward the big hotel. Turn left at the Oxxo, look to the right and it is the single story building, parking off street in the front.
For 20 years I go to the Newspaper when I need help. They tell you where to get to get things or how to find things. They have been the biggest and best promoters of Rocky Point.
2nd Look Books in Green Valley is giving me another load of books to bring down to the Newspaper. I have booked my condo for July 10 and 11th so I will bring them down then. I know a lot of you went and got books last time.
I live in Green Valley so children's book are never at garage sales. If you run across children books they could really use some. One time, I took some coloring books that I had used at school for the kids. They was gone before I even go them to the Newspaper. A women I knew at SPA did work with children and took them and the crayons to children that did not have things like that. I was going to do it again but lost track of her.
I live in Green Valley so children's book are never at garage sales. If you run across children books they could really use some. One time, I took some coloring books that I had used at school for the kids. They was gone before I even go them to the Newspaper. A women I knew at SPA did work with children and took them and the crayons to children that did not have things like that. I was going to do it again but lost track of her.
I also live in Green Valley, but will do everything I can to find books at the White Elephant. We are headed to Rocky Point around the 6th of
February. Just the two of us. Haven't done this for three years because of health. Usually go down in July, but that is with family and grandchildren. 6 of us so the van is pretty full then. (Teachers 3 out of 6) But for now if we can get together we can take your books to RP. We will have plenty of room.
When is the Newspaper moving? WE all have really helped get a good library going. We really need to continue looking for children"s books. 2nd look has another box for me.
Are you looking for English children's books? Or do you want Spanish only? My daughter is a 1st Grade ESL teacher and has a great many children's books from when she taught 2nd and 3rd grades. Interested?
Yes, There are alot of American children down there. We are looking for English. We would love to have Spanish also I am going down on Wed. I am in Green Valley. People on the website are all over and know how much we all like the library at the newspaper.
Also they are moving to a larger location.. my email is marybna@aol.com
While I was down last week, I had a request for old textbooks. Science, astronomy etc. If you come across any, you can take them to Seaside Reservations office down by Calle 13.
Request for textbook in Science and Math. I talked to a man the last time I was down and he wants textbooks so his son will know the vocab. They understand the concept in Spanish but need to have the English words. So if anyone domes across any Textbooks they want to get rid of now, let me know.
At 21, Benjamin Franklin was a man on the move. He was a successful Philadelphia printer and an intellectual. In 1727, Franklin and several friends established a “club of mutual improvement” called the Junto which met in a Philadelphia alehouse each Friday evening. There they held lively discussions of politics, morals and philosophy. Eventually, they left this ale-infused atmosphere for a quieter meeting place in the home of one of the wealthier members. To aid the group's quest for knowledge, Franklin developed a plan for a public library.
Filling a Void
Franklin was a natural student. Though he had excelled at Boston Latin School, Franklin’s father abruptly ended the boy’s formal education at age 10 and set him to work. Franklin didn't let this setback interfere with learning. Each day he spent one or two hours immersed in borrowed books. Through this independent study Franklin hoped to make up for his lack of schooling. He believed reading “repaired in some degree the loss of the learned education my father once intended for me.” Franklin continued to exercise his writing skills, as well. His brother James, a newspaper publisher, unknowingly printed several of Franklin’s pieces under the pen name Mrs. Silence Dogood. His brother was livid upon discovering the deception, so Franklin found other outlets for his creative works. The Grand Plan
Franklin wanted the joy he found in the written word throughout the community. He observed, “Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.” Eager to study with others, Franklin wrote a series of questions for the Junto to discuss each week, such as, “Have you met with any thing in the author you last read, remarkable, or suitable to be communicated?” Exploring topics was troublesome because books were expensive, bookshops were rare and club members, “mostly young tradesmen,” had little money for such luxuries. Franklin's solution was to pool the books they owned and collectively buy more.
At the Start
Franklin apparently loved organization almost as much as learning. On July 1, 1731, Franklin took the initiative and drafted an action plan and rules for the "Library Company." Fifty founding members donated 40 shillings to begin the collection and promised an additional 10 shillings annually to allow the library to grow. The Library Company, set up in the home of the librarian, was open only on Saturdays from 4 to 8 p.m. Members had free rein, but, if they lost a book, they were fined twice its price. Non-members were welcome to use the collection, but they had to offer collateral in case books were never returned. The Legacy
Ben Franklin’s plan was a great success. The library’s patrons expanded beyond the membership of the Junto. In fact, “Reading become fashionable.” Franklin proudly noted that visitors to the city were impressed by the intelligence of the citizens, whose sophistication outshone inhabitants of foreign cities. Other colonial cities followed Philadelphia's lead, establishing their own libraries. The Library Company grew, collecting books and other materials, including a mummy’s hand, a telescope, a microscope, coins and fossils. The expanding collection changed locations several times, until 1966, when it found a home on Locust Street. As of 2013, the Library Company holds rare books, manuscripts, prints, photographs and works of art. The non-circulating collection is available at no cost by the visiting public. Franklin would undoubtedly be pleased by its continued existence, having once said, “The doors of wisdom are never shut.”
Went to Dollar Tree and got 10 books for $10. Also I went to White Elephant and got some there. I hope we get enough so that there were always be some there for people.