Emily’s Charity Book Sale
Emily’s Charity Book Sale
Each night, we try to encourage the kids to read something for at least 10 minutes before they go to sleep. Adam is a proper bookwork and routinely runs out of books which, pre-covid we would have donated and replaced at the local Book Cycle. Not being able to do that at the moment, we’ve been trying to keep the Kindle which he inherited from Gary topped up with age-appropriate titles from Amazon. However, considering he can get through an adult-size book in just a few days, it’s getting a bit expensive but if it means he’s happy reading, I’m happy buying.
Emily on the other hand tends to take her time, making sure she gets the expression and nuance of the story rather than just getting the words right. She’s not as keen on independent reading as Adam (she usually wants an audience) so we’ve got a glut of books which she’s either chosen herself, been given as gifts or had them re-gifted from Adam once he’s read them. They’re starting to build up a bit now though and she’s after a bedroom clearout.
One quick chat with Rachel later and they’re both sat on her bedroom floor sorting books by author and title and once she’s decided she’s going to sell them and donate anything she makes to the Wigan & Leigh Hospice, Rachel is posting the collections to Facebook.
After a few days, the selling is done and she’s raised £45 for the Hospice and we couldn’t be prouder.