What Did You Find at the Library Book Sale?

The annual book sale at the Library of the Chathams is on now through Friday.

The sale opened Saturday after books, CDs, VHSs and DVDs were collected for weeks. Now the Friends of the Library are holding a bag sale: Bags of books are $5, and bags of CDs and DVDs are $20.

Each year I go to this sale and while I look around for myself (my book collection is shockingly devoid of Homer and Virgil), I also look for friends—well, one in particular.

I have a friend working in this country who was born and raised abroad, as was her husband. She told me once she had no idea what books she should buy for her two young children. The books we read as young children stay with us, and they become a way to bond with other children in school and in other activities.

I took it upon myself to buy books for my friend's children. At last year's book sale I found the same edition of "Mother Goose" that I had as a child, and a copy of "Puff The Magic Dragon" complete with a CD of the song. "The Giving Tree" continues to elude me, though.

So what did you look for at this year's book sale? What hidden gems did you find, and what did you wish you'd found?