the cost of disobedience.....

the kids love books. they would check out 6-7 chapter books at a time. my concern is they have to be returned, you have that many out, and you can't keep your room clean, and things get lost. so over winter break i told them eff returning to school not to check out a single book w/o permission from me. well, that oldest, miss puddn, checked out one in february on valetines crafts. let some lil girl in her class see it and yep, the book was never returned. so now her report card is being withheld until the book is either returned or they get 19.00 for it! geez! i found it on one website, for 7.66 if i use google checkout. she had 5.00. think i might go that route and then make her work off the rest by scrubbing walls! and she asked for a nintendo ds the other day!