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To get free books, magazines, DVD & CD’s, get yourself a library card. If you aren’t using this great resource, give it a try. Over 5 years ago, we were casual library users. We would take our kids to the library, let them pick out some books and a movie, check them out, take them home and enjoy.
Now, we use the library in a whole new way! We no longer rent movies, we get them all for free from the library. You can even get new releases when they come out. I can’t guarantee that everybody’s library system works the same as ours, but we can register online and put books & movies on hold. The library emails us when the books/movies are available, and I go pick them up. To find out what movies are coming out, I go to https://www.amazon.com/, and check out the upcoming movie releases. I then go the our library website and put them on hold.
I do the same for books. Our kids are big time readers. Especially Jordan, he can go through a stack of books in no time. To save me time, I put the majority of the books on hold. I go to Amazon, and check out the top sellers & read reviews, I then make a list of books I want to put on hold. You can do the same with books that are coming out soon, a lot of times they are in our library system before their release date. I was able to put the Harry Potter 7 book on hold, and pick it up the day it was released. We also purchased a copy, because some books are worth owning. This way, it gave us 2 copies of the book, so both Jordan & Austin could read at the same time. This helps us read all the new releases when they come out without having to actually purchase them.
The library has lots of other great resources as well. You can check out a “Play Pass” good for free admission to the Kid’s Museum in Tacoma. Our library has story time for small kids, and lots of activities for teens. During the summer kids can be rewarded with a free zoo pass, just for reading. They also can earn a free kids meal & an ice skating pass just for visiting the library 5 times.
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