The library has books for sale in the vestibule, 25 cents each, mostly ex library. I stopped just for a moment to see what was new on the rack. Three were by Ezra Jack Keats. Wow! Three books by Ezra Jack Keats for just 75 cents! And then I thought about how that means, of course, that not enough people are checking those books out. And that kids won't see those books in the collection any more. On the other hand, new kids' books authors deserve room on the shelves, too. I mean, I love Peanuts VERY much, but do we really need repeats on precious newsprint? (Obviously, repeats on the Web are a pure good thing.)
I decided to quit overthinking the dang issue and found a fourth book, newer, to round out an even buck. And so Joe has three new Ezra Jack Keats books, which he might like or he might not, but they're good books, and life goes on.