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Chatterbox: Blab About Books

Public Libraries vs. Book Stores
I was just...

I was just wondering, how many Chatterboxers liked to go to the public library instead of buying books.

I personally like to go to the library.

 

Good topic, Choco! I love going to the library. I remember weekly trips to the library from about age four with my two older sisters. I felt like the richest kid in the world, selecting whatever books I wanted from the hundreds on the shelves. Then it was so exciting to plunk down on the sofa back home with the new ones each week.

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submitted by Choco, age 12, here
(April 17, 2011 - 8:05 am)

back to the Blab about Books

I prefer libraries more than bookstores because the books are free to borrow and I'm not obssessively careful with the books since they're not mine. Also, in libraries, there's normally a wide variety of books meaning a bunch of "hidden gems" but in bookstores, the books you're most likely to pick up are the newer-ish or more popular books because they're the most highly-promoted. :)

submitted by Olive
(April 17, 2011 - 6:56 pm)

I love public libraries! I go to mine every week. What I love is, is that I don't have to spend any money and there's always a huge vareiety. Also I check out the magazines and stuff, that's also cool. I basically go to the bookstore to buy things for a birthday party or something!

submitted by Elizabeth M, age 11, Germany
(April 18, 2011 - 1:24 am)

I generally prefer the library since it's free, unless there's a specific book I want that they don't have--but in that case, I often order books online, because they can have much lower prices. Besides, occasionally there'll be a book that isn't at any local library or bookstore, so I have to order it online.

submitted by Ima
(April 18, 2011 - 12:48 pm)

It kind of goes either way with me.  If there's a newer book I want (e.g. Kingdom Keepers IV), I go to the bookstore.  If I want an older book or just want I book in general, I go to the library.

^ANALESIA THE BOOKWORM^

submitted by Analesia, age 12, *wishes she cou
(April 22, 2011 - 8:26 am)

Well if my favorite bookstore hadn't closed down I would say bookstore, but since it did I prefer the library, particularly ours because it's small and everything is so familiar, even the people. I don't really like the bigger ones even if they have more books because they usually have more people and are a lot more noisy. My favorite bookstore was called The Cat And Mouse. ( I am pretty sure that was it.) It was a one of a kind bookstore and pretty small. It had a liittle children's corner with this little stage that had a rocking chair on it. (I think they had a story hour.) The walls were painted with characters from classic children's literature like Peter Rabbit and Winne-The-Pooh. It was great, but it didn't get enough business so it shut down.

 

 

submitted by Elizabeth D., age 14 , Texas
(April 22, 2011 - 9:18 pm)

Great subject idea! I generally prefer libraries, but just because I don't often have much money to spend. (Having to pay for several tanks of gerbils can really put a dent in your spending money.) 

submitted by Sarah K, age 12, NJ, USA
(April 23, 2011 - 4:23 pm)

Libraries! They are free and they have movies. Plus they have stuff you can go to like seminars and plays.

 

Kat, it's interesting to otheres to have a general idea where Chatterboxers are from. We don't ask for anything specific.

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submitted by Kat, age 13
(April 26, 2011 - 11:30 am)