I moved about 2 years ago from a home to a small condo. One of the things that had to be downsized was my personal collection of books. I kept only those that I know I would read again. I kept series that bring me joy and a donated nearly all of my paperback books to my local library for their sale. Honestly, my local library supplies me with all I need but some books really have stolen my heart and those I kept. I donated 12 of those big brown paper bags of books to the library and then gifted all of my nieces and nephews with a big bag of children's books for Christmas that year. Each child got between 25 and 30 books. I was an early childhood teacher and bibliophile. Now I only have a few very special children's books that belonged to me, my children and those that are favorites of my grandchildren. Oh, I kept antique text books from the 1920's in my children's collection. What teacher can give those away?