Hi, I'm looking for books for my daughter, I was wondering if anyone had or knew where I could get cheap copies of anything written by Anna Fine, Roald dahl and Micheal Murpogo(sp?)

[TrinityRhino]

Thanks in advance for any information you may have

I would like to find as many as possible

[MrsGuyOfGisbourne]

another vote for the library. DS2 (8) not into reading, but he is into challenges and came home with 6 books on Sat am and had read ( and understood and could tell us about!)them by sun pm, and so could tak ehtem back that afternoon and collect his medal
I had not set foot in my local library for years unitl last year - I could have saved a fortune on childrens's books .

[teafortwo]

Me and dd go to our library once a week - I would say the library is your first port of call!

Next... abebooks - online secondhand book specialist = v good good good!!!!

Also if your dd is an up and about kinda gal - bookcrossing is fun too!!! It is, urm... how do I explain this... well... sort of when people hide books all around the World and you have to find them, read them and then hide them again - google it - I think it is pretty cool - but I am quite old, a Mum and a teacher so that doesn't mean anything really!!! he he he!!!!

[Loshad]

hmmpf - we got charged 70p reservation fee on private peaceful (mm) as librarian didn't think it was a children's book (reservations supposed to be free for dcs)

[jangly]

Don't know if anyone has mentioned Amazon's Marketplace sellers. You can sometimes buy books for a few pence there, only paying the £2.75 for p & p.

[feelingharddoneby]

From meory, the main books by Roald Dahl for children were: The Big Friendly Giant, Matilda, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Danny the Champion of the World, The Witches, The Twits, Georges Marvellous Medicine, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, James and the Giant Peach.

There were also Boy and Going Solo which were autobiographical and I loved when I was about 12 or 13.

Have a look at the Roald Dahl website

[cremolafoam]

could try readitswapit
but you will need to put some books on it to swap.

[pointydog]

ah right. I've not read all teh thread. Storing books is a really big problem for us. I give them away regularly

[cornsilk]

The book people often do complete sets for about a tenner.

[alardi]

Just that we have heaps of books that were gifts, + my own impulse charity shop buys. But if I went out buying as new "good children's classics or "suitable books for children reading at DC's reading level and age" (like you see lots of threads on MN about), I wouldn't have room to store them all!

I mean, all the books by
Roald Dahl, Anne Fine, EB White, Enid Blyton... etc. Never mind the Yellow Train, Terrific Tractors, Astrosaurs, Magic Kitten series and the books the kids actually want to read rather than the classics, there's not room, is there?

[pointydog]

alardi, what are you on about?

[Pruners]

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[alardi]

Do you all have massive houses & children's book collections? MNNers seem to talk about buying lots & lots of books. I rarely buy books, who can afford it & has the space to store?
We have a big house, but we dont have storage space for thousands of books, esp. given DC only read most books only once (if that).

DC read about 8 books each from libary a week.

[posieflump]

where we are overdue books are free for under fives, and 2p a day until they are at secondary school
we can renew online and ask for email alerts if books are overdue too which makes renewing loads easier
I think with our team read you can read anything too

[Scarletibis]

charity shops

our library don't charge a fine for overdue books issued on a child's card

[JackieNo]

Bookmooch, if you have other books you're willing to send to people (bit like readitswapit, I think, only you don't have to find someone who has exactly what you want, who wants what you have).

[DontNeedAnything]

Also I think overdue books are free. The key is to make sure that you issue them on a childrens card.

[Hobnobfanatic]

Or try Read It Swap It on the net - swap books with people for free!

[ruty]

LOL TR there is that. I'm like that with DVDs. Our local library has a great children's corner and a little garden so i have to set in my head a regular date to go each fortnight or something if i want to remember to take the books back.
[Pruners what a shame i should have given you my number. I had to leave early and kept confronting women on my way out who were approaching the gathering and asking, 'sorry, are you Pruners?'

[TrinityRhino]

really dontneedanything
wow thats good
I'm alwasy afraid tyo go to the library because I never remember to take things back and have to pay full price for them [twat emoticon]

[DontNeedAnything]

TR - we are also doing Team Read here. The only difference being that they can choose any books fromteh library (it is a small library though) - so they don't have to be on the list.

Also remember if your daught wants something which isn'rtin the local library you should be able to reqest it free for a child.

[Pruners]

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[DontNeedAnything]

I would second the book people. They do huge bundles for a few quid. You can get all of Roald Dahls fro £9.99 - but they are hit and mis WRT to stock.

I think they do packages of Anne Fines as well.

Unfortunately they don't seem to be in stock ATM

[TrinityRhino]

posieflump
that is a great idea, she lves a challenge and the list of books looks fab
Thanks