Continued from Yesterday~

  Did you know that at one point only the very wealthy had books?  Before the invention of the printing press , the only way you could get a book printed, was to have the monks at the local monastery copy it out, letter by letter, page by page, one at a time.  It might take over a year for your book to be ready , and it was insanely expensive!  Now , people throw books out wholesale, and never think about it.  Here are some ideas for your unwanted books, besides the garbage bin.

1.  Drop them off at the local library , they are always taking donations, and they will either put them out on the shelf, or sell them .  The money they raise , will be used to buy more books.
2.  Call your local hospital and ask if they take books , for their patients.  Some have carts with books and magazines for patients to choose from.
3.  Ask a nursing home, if they have a resident library.
4.  The Ronald McDonald house in Little Rock has a library room , for the parents of patients in Children's Hospital.
5.  If they are children's books , and gently used, some church programs take them to give to underpriveleged children at Christmas.


So , you see, there are lots better things to do with old books then just toss them! 
Here's to spreading the  fun of a book til the pages fall out! ~ Ruby Jeanette