Weekend Edition~Great Literature

I just LOVE old books. Especially ones rich with language and knowledge. I scour my local library every Saturday, in their used book section. All books are priced 10 to 25 cents. I have to be discriminate or I would end up needing a building as large as the library to house them all. I have come across some true treasures, many times over.

With autumn just around the corner I came across this wonderful pearl. Beautiful words, and attractive captivating yet enchanting photographs. It's about a 50 some odd year old apple tree. That is beaten, and old, that only produces sour apples at this point in it's life. But, the wonderful community it host.

Baby deer in the spring, opossums, squirrels, robins, and their nest, singing concerts, rabbits who love

to eat the "sour" apples, and on and on.

The book brings out, that while some may under estimate this tree's worth and chop it down with haste, proclaiming the tree is too old and useless. The tree has value in many lives it continues to contribute to in the Apple Tree Community. This is the heart of what a "living" book is!

This of course is just one of hundreds of treasures I have dug up at the local library used book shop to add to our home library. I have so many more as well.

Many people lament that they can't possibly homeschool, because they can't afford that pricey boxed curriculum. And while boxed curriculum may work for some families, and that's just fine. If you can not afford that box, you don't have to worry that you can't afford to educate your children. This book and many more, that can be found at most any local library, or used book stores, can be from free, to very very inexpensive, and give your child a rich rounded education on literally, a dime!