This is sad!

Recently, we finished our semiannual book fair which is a spectacular fund raiser for our library. We do quite a bit to get the children and parents excited about purchasing a book or books. (We preview the books, let the children write down their wish lists, and even watch a video about it.)....but we really don't think about those children who are not able to purchase anything. I watched a little girl come in and pick out a book that she seemed to want so badly. She walked and walked around just looking at everything and she was just kind of hanging out. I asked her if her teacher knew that she was still here and she said "I think so" but I told her that she really needed to hurry and return to class. Finally, she looked around to see if anyone was watching and then she walked up to the person at the checkout and said "If you let me just take this, I won't tell anyone!" Maybe what we need to do is visit all of the local libraries "friends of the library sales" just to purchase books and save for situations like this. I don't know- it was just so heart breaking and unfortunately, she was not the only one.