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Books for Less bookstore at the SM Mall of Asia.

Kids' books can be quite expensive, and in Gabe's case, short-lived as he sometimes rips some pages off books with thin paper pages (especially when he was younger). But Gabe loves books (reading them, not ripping), and that's a good thing. So it was a happy accident when we found this bookstore which sells cheap second-hand books that look almost brand new. We got a copy of The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper (Gabe loves trains) and Ha! Ha! Giraffe by Caroline Repchuk (about a crocodile with a toothache and a giraffe with a sore throat--funny!) for 99 and 129 bucks respectively. Good deal, I think.


The children's books section is actually quite small, and the rest of the shop is filled with all sorts of books. I wasn't able to browse through them though; maybe next time. Some books have dedication notes in them ("enjoy! - love, grandpa and grandma") and may appeal to collectors of the nostalgic. Me, I just look for good stories in books in good condition. The giraffe book looks practically brand-new.

Maybe we'll get that dinosaur book next time.