We've been buying about a dozen kids books a month since school is out and the library has been closed {it has since reopened}. Here are some of the books the kids picked out in the last haul.
They also plowed through the Mac B. Kid Spy series {4 books} and The Misadventures of Max Crumbly series {3 books} right before the library closed. A perk of having a 7 and 8 year old is that they enjoy many of the same books, helping to justify book purchases! :)
Speaking of buying books. I've been purchasing used books more and more instead of just grabbing them off Amazon. If you haven't tried buying books from KidsBooks.Com I would recommend it. I also bought some from BetterWorldBooks.Com but the quality was pretty poor.