Children's Book Sale

Ninth Annual Book Sale

The Center for Children’s Books (CCB) would like to invite you to our ninth annual book sale which will be held February 15th-17th, 2010. We are selling thousands of brand new children’s books for youth ages birth through high school. Our titles represent the full spectrum of children’s publishing in fiction and nonfiction: board books, picture books, easy and transitional readers, chapter books, series fiction, novels, activity books and kits, nonfiction series, mass-market paperbacks, and more.

Admission will be free and open to the public February 15th through the 17th, 10 am – 6 pm.

Paperback books are $1 or $2 each, hardcover books are $5 each, and special items are priced as marked. We accept cash, checks, Visa/Mastercard, and purchase orders. The proceeds from the book sale are a major funding source for running the CCB.

If you have any questions about the book sale, or to reserve your ticket to the pre-sale, please contact us at ccb@illinois.edu or (217) 244-9331.

Graduate School of Library and Information Sciences Building Room 24 (Basement)
501 E. Daniel
Champaign, IL (metered parking on the street)

http://ccb.lis.illinois.edu/booksale.html

Cindy Nakea

A few things of note

Here's a couple things of note that I was unable to send through the list serv:

CANDY CANE MAKING ACTIVITY

GOOD MORNING, I WANTED TO SHARE AN ENJOYABLE EXPERIENCE I HAD LAST NIGHT.I WENT TO JIM GOULD'S RESTAURANT AND WATCHED VRINIOS FAMILY MAKE CANDY CANES AND I HELPED MAKE ONE ALSO.VRINIOS FAMILY HAS BEEN IN THE CANDY CANE BUSINESS FOR 100 YEARS AND STILL THE SON COMES TO CHAMPAIGN EACH YEAR AND DOES DEMONSTRATIONS AND LETS YOU HELP. HE DONATES THE CANES TO THE CHILDREN CENTERS IN THE THE AREA MAKING 1,000'S EVERY YEAR TO GIVE AWAY.IT WAS A GREAT ADVENTURE AND WOULD BE A GOOD DATE NIGHT. I WENT WITH MY DAUGHTERS, GRANDDAUGHTERS AND HUSBAND. IT WAS A LITTLE TOO MUCH FOR THE 1 YEAR OLD BUT THE 5 YEAR OLD REALLY GOT INTO IT.SEE ATTACHMENT FOR TIMES THIS WEEKEND.LINDA Bucey

HOUSE FOR RENT

Dear sisters, Becky Good/ the bodamers sent this information. If you know of anyone looking for a really nice home in a good area let me know or contact her right away. If you would like to drive by the house to see it from the outside it is at 904 Fairoaks in Champaign, il. Just west of Duncan and Williams street it is in a clean nice area. I have a house available for rent, if anyone is interested or knows anyone interest please have them call me at: 217-369-0541 or e-mail me: good1452@comcast.net.7 bedroom, 3 full bath - completely remodeled and updated. Hardwood floors throughout, bathrooms are tiled, and jacuzzi tub in one bathroom. Fireplace and central air. The basement is finished with 2 bedrooms, 1 full bath, living room, and a kitchen and laundry room so it could be used as an "apartment" which would be ideal for roommates and splitting the rent. Landscaped yard with a beautiful coi pond, deck in the front and back, huge kids play structure and poured slab for a pool. 2 car attached garage, and some of the best neighbors in Champaign. It really is a one of a kind house and has a lot of extras and upgrades. The house will be availableJanuary 1st, but you can come and look at it anytime before then. Monthly rent is $1650. I am stressing trying to do this from Washington. Our original tennants signed a 5 year lease with the intent to buy by the end of the lease so I was not prepared for this! If anyone can help out by getting the word out there and helping us to find new tennants that would be awesome!! :) Thanks!!

Garage Sale

I'm having a kind of yard sale tomorrow, trying to get rid of all of Karson and Emi's smaller clothes. Here's the link to my craigslist posting, http://chambana.craigslist.org/bab/1505021220.html (baby & kid stuff)

Monica Kennedy

Water Storage Drums

Hey guys,

I want to buy some water storage drums (like 55 gallon ones) and maybe other emergency preparedness items. Anyone know where I can buy the drums? Is there somewhere nearby, or do you have any online companies to recommend?

You can reply in the comments, so others can benefit from the information, or you can email me directly. Thanks.

posted by: Catherine Cromar, catcromar@gmail.com

Park Sleep Fly in Indianapolis

For anyone traveling soon and wanting to leave their car near the Indianapolis Airport, I recommend staying at Sleep Inn. I checked into park, sleep, fly rates from a bunch of hotels near the airport and most have changed their systems to allow you only 7 free days of parking and $5 per day after that. That still beats the airport parking lot prices, but it makes it pretty expensive.

Sleep Inn gives you up to 30 days of parking for free, and our rate for December 17th was $74.95, before taxes.

I had to call a lot of hotels to find this price, so I thought I'd let you in on it.

posted by: Catherine Cromar catcromar@gmail.com

Free nursing covers

If you're an expecting or nursing mommy or have a baby shower coming up, check out this deal for free nursing covers---you pay shipping and handling, which comes out to $8.95. Go to uddercovers.com, click on "Shop now," and choose the cover you want. Then enter the promo code Thanks at check-out. It knocks the full $32 off the price. They've got some cute styles, though a couple of them are on back-order, so be sure to watch for that if you're in a hurry. The covers just look a lot easier to handle than keeping a blanket on your shoulder. You can order as many times as you want, in case you wanted to stock up for future baby showers. I'm not sure how long the offer lasts, but I suspect it's kind of an ongoing thing.

UP movie coupon

There is a $10 off coupon for Disney's new movie UP. This coupon is good for the BLU-RAY package which also contains a regular dvd! If the movie is bought at Walmart (I think they are selling it for about $20), then the movie comes out to about $10. I think that the coupon is only good until the 14th though. The website to get the coupon is www.disney.go.com/disneyvideos/animatedfilms/up/couponoffer/