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Yes, Picture Book Discoveries is a dangerous forum for me.  I want to snap up just about everyone's recommendations. And when I look at what's available in my whole county's libraries, I find ... just about nothing. I could go bankrupt because of my desire to share wonderful books with my children!  This is why I don't visit this forum often.
Just for the record, much of this post is in jest. But it *can* be expensive if you live somewhere ... where I always seem to ... that doesn't have stellar libraries. Looks like i have to save again! 
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Oh, I'm so sorry Tina.  I know I am extremely spoiled here. It's almost the opposite for me - it is rare that I can't find a book through our system or the incredible state-wide system. I'll check your system before I make my next posts, Tina!  But I've heard from a few other folks that this picture book a day challenge is "gonna cost 'em."
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I know exactly what you mean Tina! I don't live in a good library system, so I have been purchasing it used for several years now. I have a close friend, and the 2 of us are always comparing books-we have become afraid that our husbands will forbid our book visits.:), since there always seems to be a visit to Amazon.com after that.
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Mary, you're the worst offender!  Every time I see a recommendation of yours, or I see that you second a recommendation, I just *have* to look and eventually put it in my Amazon Wishlist ... which eventually gets moved to Amazon Cart.
You and I seem to have very similar tastes and schooling styles. Too bad we don't live within driving distance. We could home school share books! And, oh, I could learn so much more from you in person than online! 
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Tina, do you have interlibrary loan available? I had not taken advantage of ILL at all -- too much trouble to figure out how to use it, to much advance planning required, blah blah blah -- but I finally broke down and tried it and have been very pleased with it so far! Sometimes I even use it to preview a book that I think I want to buy, but I'm not positive. (Our ILL program doesn't cost me anything, so it makes the decision easier. I've heard that in some places you have to pay a per-request fee. )
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I was just coming here to suggest the same thing. If there is not a fee, then usually it's pretty painless to do. I get the ISBN number from the amazon website and then just enter the rest of the info.
Also, can you request books for your library to buy? I can do this on-line, and if they buy it, I get put into line automatically for the holds.
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Tina P. wrote:
Mary, you're the worst offender!
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I'm soooo sorry! Like I said, I'm going to check your system (is it O or L?) and post some I know you can get! And I concur it would be great to live closer - now technically in western terms we are close but sure not in reality.
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