The Tiger's Bookshelf: Buy Books for the Holidays
Sometimes the act of shopping for holiday gifts is more stressful than any act of love should ever be, which is why the Buy Books for the Holidays campaign begun by a group of blogging bibliophiles is so very heartening.
I worked in a bookstore for years and the mood there during the holiday season was truly wonderful. When people buy books as gifts, they consider the recipient in a way that doesn’t happen when they buy the latest electronic gizmo or luxurious status symbol.
Books are a way to show people you love that you have entered their hearts and minds and souls to find what will interest them, touch them, delight and enthrall them–for years perhaps, not only for the passing moment. Perhaps the most effective way of doing this is to give them children’s books–a beautiful new edition of a book that your husband loved when he was a child, an out-of-print book that your mother read and reread as a girl, the anthology of verse that guided the vocation of the poet in your life, a copy of Eloise for your favorite fashionista friend…
Think about it–what better gifts to give than children’s books to everyone you love?
November 26th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
What a lovely post. Thank you!
Ali (Worducopia and BBftH)
November 29th, 2008 at 6:59 pm
Dear Ali,
Thank you for visiting our blog and for leaving a comment–always so much appreciated when that happens. I went to Worducopia and was intrigued by your post about Where am I Wearing but couldn’t get into the comments field–I’ll be visiting again often however–and will be able to comment someday, I’m sure!
November 29th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
Aha, I see it worked itself out as I found two comments from you today.
November 30th, 2008 at 5:55 am
Yes–and I’m sure there will be more–very interesting blog–thank you for giving me more to read!