Do you have book-obsessed kids?

If you do, you really need to know about the Scholastic Warehouse Book Sales!

I happened to find out about the sale just a couple of days ago which was fortunate since these don't happen just all the time.  You can check here to see if there are any close to you.

We spent probably an hour and a half or two hours in the warehouse.  It wasn't too crowded, but there were plenty of people there.  The section furthest back was all of damaged books for super discounts -- $0.50 for anything up to $5.00, $1 for anything up to $10 and $2 for things over $10.  Some of these were sets missing pieces, books with folded or torn pages, etc.  Some were pretty hashed but many were practically perfect.  It took a while to sort through the boxes to find the gems but it was well worth it.

There was another section full of boxes of books in $1, $2, $3, $5, and $10 aisles.  Then there were many displays of books which were all 50% off their list price (the price you'd pay at a book fair, in the book orders, or at a book store). 

I pre-registered online for the event (which can be done just before you leave home) and printed out a page for them to credit our school and also offers $10 off purchases of $50+ and $25 off purchases of $100+.  Here is what we got:

3 cook books including a cutesy cooling rack. List Price total $45.00
     *Strawberry Shortcake "Holiday Treats Cookbook"
     *"Pink Princess Tea Parties"
     *Disney's "The Magic Kitchen Cookbook" with entirely Disney movie themed foods

4 reading books  List Price $32.00
     *Igraine the Brave" by Cornelia Funke (who wrote the Inkheart series)
     *one of the "Little House on the Prairie" books which Kate is reading right now
     *"Pugsley" - one of the Puppy Place books which Lizzie loves reading
     *"Cat Next Door" which came with a kitten charmed necklace

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Electronics stuff  List price: $47.00
     *Electronic PDA (Kate bought this with her own money).  it has an electronic calendar, radio, phone list, etc.
     *Spy Girl set -- pretend lipstick you can record messages into and earbuds you can listen in on.
     *set of 3 computer games -- Kitty, Puppy, and Pony "luv"  (Sheesh I hate it when they do stupid spelling!)

"Daddy" books     List Price - $20.00
     *"Dark Wraith of Shannara" which is a graphic novel of a fantasy novel which is the sequel to one I'm reading to the girls right now.
     *"Batman Begins - the visual guide" a large photo-filled book about the story, the background, etc. of the movie Batman Begins.

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Crafty set   List Price $38.00
     *Magnet Girl post-it notes.  The shorts, shirt, and stereo are all individual post it sets.  This one cost us $0.50 and I just though it was cute.
     *Terrifying Tornadoes -- tornado tube.  Swirl the tube to create a glitter tornado.  Just a fun little gizmo.  This will probably go to Daddy's office desk.
     *Klutz Build-a-book -- mini scrapbook with self adhesive craft foam, googly eyes, marker, glue stick, papers, etc.
     *School Photofold -- accordion folded portfolio which holds 8 school sized photos
     *"DIY Girl - The real girl's guide to making everything from lip gloss to lamps"

Mommy books     List Price $37.00
     *"Amazing Insider Secrets" -- full of interesting tips from skin care to choosing a real estate agent.
     *"The Worst-Case Scenario Survival handbook: Parenting"  -- has tips on everything from How to discipline an imaginary friend to how to tell if your child was switched at birth. 
     *"Kid Disasters and How to Fix Them" -- another tips book (they were both pretty fun) with everything from getting petrolium jelly out of hair to how to fix a broken window pane.

Animal Set     List Price $64.00
     *Stuffed Elephant with Safari Friends little book with info about Safari Animals
     *Klutz "Everything Horse including the Horse"  with a little plastic "parent approved" horse and a book about horses -- how to draw them to how to care for them.
     *"Farm Animals"
     *"The Cat -- Why do Cats Purr? And other true facts"
     *"Planet Earth - Animals of Africa"
     *"Look Inside a Frog - and easy-to-assemble frog model" -- complete with a book about frogs and how they live.
     *"Uncover a Dog" - a large board book where each page you turn shows another system that makes up a dog and talks about how it works and what it does.


Not bad at all if you ask me!  Total list price would be about $283 plus tax and I only spent $41 (after the $10 discount).  That makes me smile :)

For you local folks - this sale is continuing through Thursday of next week, so you still have time to get up there!

Excuse me now while I go curl up with a book :)