AbeBooks: Peace Maker
AbeBooks is, as the expression goes, many things to many people. It is the place to: find the latest paperback, discover a lost classic, add a rare find to your collection, or purchase a unique gift for the person in your life who has everything (because no one has every book.) For me, this week, AbeBooks is the place I turned to to prevent a mini family meltdown. My 14-year old step-daughter, excited new sibling that she was, put her lovely pop-up Beatrix Potter collection into her new baby sister’s room. These sweetly illustrated stories sat on the top shelf for several months, being read occasionally by myself or Dad to put the babe to sleep. But, as we know, babies grow and grow, and can finally reach the top shelf…and I’m sure you’ve guessed the rest of this story. One night while finishing the spaghetti sauce in the kitchen I heard a paper-ripping noise coming from the not-so-wee one’s room. I wasn’t too concerned; as she loves ripping paper we often leave a few magazines in there for her to decimate. Unfortunately, when I went to check on her, the temptation of the easily grasped pop-up pictures was just too much, and one of the Peter Rabbit books was completely ripped apart. Luckily, AbeBooks has several for sale, so crisis averted…at least this time.
