CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Here's food for thought.
For 50 cents, kids at Chandler Elementary School in Charleston can head to the school's vending machine and purchase a bag of corn chips -- or a book.Reading teacher Bonnie McClung started placing books such as "The Velveteen Rabbit" and "Amazing World of Dinosaurs" into the snack machine nine years ago.
McClung estimates more than 1,000 books have been purchased.
Some parents even do their holiday shopping at the snack machine, she said.
With a markdown from as much as $7.95, the books are a bargain.
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"We're just glad books are available for our kids," McClung said Saturday. "I hope it helps in some small way with their reading.