Perhaps she should be called the book whisperer or maybe the story sharer. Books have always been her passion and now, Amy Porter has created an opportunity to pass them along to homes everywhere.

In cooperation with Etsy, a global marketplace for individual entrepreneurship, Porter recently began a book selling business, Never Enough Books, from her home in Albrightsville where she lives with her husband and three children, ages 6, 4 and 2.

“I grew up reading timeless classics,” she said, “and I thought selling books while I’m home with the children would be a great way to make a little money and pass along my love for reading.”

Along the road toward marriage and family, Porter, who spent her childhood in a small town in Missouri, developed a love for learning that led to two college degrees. She received a philosophy and religion degree from Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri, and then a graduate degree in theology from Notre Dame.

“I worked as a Catholic Campus Minister at Bloomsburg University,” she said. “There I created social and prayer activities for our students.”

Last August with the need to care for her young children, Porter began her book business with Etsy. She sells pre-owned books that are at least 20 years old that she buys from thrift shops and yard sales.

“My prices range from $2.50 to maybe $25. It depends on the age and condition, too.”

Porter takes pictures of the book covers and writes brief details about the content before she posts them on Etsy’s internet site for sale. The company subtracts fees from each purchase so the profit margin is somewhat regulated. Once a buyer pays the price, Porter packages the book and sends it on its way.

“I’m not doing this to make a lot of money,” said Porter. “I’d like to think I’m helping to build libraries in my buyers’ homes. I love to offer good books with anyone and especially picture books for children.”

Asked about her inventory, she described her stock as “revolving and flexible.”

“I have about 170 books, but the number fluctuates every week. We keep them stacked in plastic tubs.”

As a child, Porter loved reading the series of the Berenstain Bears, first written and illustrated by Stan and Jan Berenstain in 1951. The books chronicle the bears’ adventures and finish with lessons to be learned by young readers.

Another popular and illustrated series that Porter sells are the Little Golden Books, first published in 1942.

“I really enjoyed the Poky Little Puppy series,” she said. The tales tell of a little dog’s siblings digging holes under a fence to escape into other yards. When they get caught by their owner, she punishes them, but the puppy had gotten away with being part the crime and had been thought innocent and therefore rewarded with treats his siblings were not given.

Porter believes that books written decades ago never get old. Their stories are timeless, their deserved place in literary history is not in a trash can, but on the lap of another reader who can enjoy the stories and imagine the characters coming off the pages and into real life.

She will be just fine if her business rings up more readers than it does dollars.

“If I can bring the joy that I have had reading books by sharing that joy with another person or another child, then that would be worth every bit of my effort in this business.”

Porter’s books are available for sale at neverenoughbooks1etsy.com or www.etsy.com/shop/neverenoughbooks1.