Toddler finds money in second-hand book

STOCKBRIDGE, Ga., Feb. 26 (UPI) -- A 15-month-old who demanded her babysitter buy her a book from a Stockbridge, Ga., Goodwill store discovered $1,300 pressed between the pages.

Sheila Laughridge, who purchased the book for 25 cents, said the child, Rhiannon Barnes, discovered a small brown paper bag inside the folds of the book that contained multiple torn and tattered $100, $50, $20 and $10 bills, the Henry (Ga.) Herald reported Monday.

"I was just bored that day and we rode up there," Laughridge told the newspaper. "We started walking around (the store) and she saw the book and started to pitch a fit."

Laughridge said Rhiannon only wanted the book because it had a sailboat on the cover.

"It's not even a readable book," Laughridge said.

Laughridge told the Herald she took the money to a bank and received $300 of the money back, while the badly damaged bills were shipped off the U.S. Treasury Department.