The "Goosebumps" Series

When my son was nine, he was a big fan of the "Goosebumps" series by R.L. Stine. He liked the thrills and the monsters in them.

He mostly learned how to read on Dr. Seuss and "The Magic Tree House" series in Second Grade.

As for a source of books, I got him going to used bookstores early. I think that this created a love of hunting for books in him, which turned into a love of collecting and reading them later on.

We would trade in garage cleanouts of books to the used book store, and I would pick up stacks of books off curbs after garage sales when people wanted to get rid of them. We would turn in all these scrounged up books to the used bookstore. They would give us credit, and we could buy him books for around 25 cents each. We also had good luck in finding high-quality and interesting inexpensive books at "The Friends of the Library" and at Garage Sales.

Have a Good Week,
Sean Surlow