Books I’m Giving

Every year, I like to do a post about gifts I’m giving. It’s just plain fun, after all, to dream about books gifts like this. Here is a quick list of some of the books I’m giving, and why:

• The Jesus Storybook Bible. It’s for one of my nieces.
• The Big Picture Story Bible. This is for my other niece. They are sisters, so essentially their family is getting our family’s two favorite children’s Bibles. I wanted to give these before they get too old for them.
• Autumn Story. We have two of the Brambly Hedge books already, and this will add another. Our four-almost-five-year-old will be thrilled. {How is it she is almost five?}
• NC Wyeth’s Pilgrims. This is for O-Age-Three. We are Wyeth fans, so this looked promising. Every review I’ve ever read of it commends it not only for its artwork, but also for its “well-researched text.” Son O. is undaunted by supposed “reading level” as long as I read aloud to him, so I think he’ll like it well enough. We’ll just label this one “Baby’s First History Book.”
• Stories for Children. This little collection by Oscar Wilde has been on my list for years now, and I finally found a copy I liked. A.-Age-Six will like the pretty bird on the front. She is simple like that.
• Champions of Mathematics. I picked this tiny volume up for E-Age-Nine as a little extra gift. I’ve heard good things about Tiner, so this is our test-run. I thought he’d enjoy becoming familiar with Pythagoras, Fibonacci, and the like.
• Defending Constantine. This is for a relative that enjoys reading controversial history. It was either Constantine or the Crusades.
• My Grandmother is Praying for Me. Recommended by Cindy, it seemed like the perfect fit for Siah’s mom.