I hope you and your family enjoyed the 47th annual Big Book Sale at San Francisco's Fort Mason. Rheya got the whole set of Harry Potter books. Madison from 3rd period was lucky enough to be in the city for a wedding (congrats Blake & Dominique), and stopped by the book sale to check it out. Madison got a copy of Avalon and wrote an essay about her visit. Lauren in 5th period looked for a long time through the "How To" and "Crafts" sections while her mom browsed the cookbooks. Nathan picked up a copy of the graphic novel Bones about a "weird race of people." I hope your visit begins an annual family tradition! Happy hunting next year!
For our classroom I got: 27 copies of New American Roget's College Thesaurus, and a dozen books for our classic authors research library. Special thanks to the Parent Teacher Organization for the generous back-to-school funds that made these purchases possible! Molto grazie!
For myself I got: The Theatre of Aristophanes, a nice little copy of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy, a rare 1868 edition of Washington Irving's travel diaries from his trip following the Lewis & Clark Expedition out to Astoria, and an early 1900's book on American dialects for stage actors!
