I'm a librarian, so my nieces, nephews and pretty much all of my family members know they are going to get books for every Christmas and birthday and any other gift-giving holiday that crops up during the year. Luckily, most of my family enjoys reading, so they put up with me.
I bought one of my younger nieces I Want My Hat Back, but I'm not quite sure what to get my five year old niece. Any suggestions? How about for an almost two year old boy? Sadly, I'm not really up-to-date on books for younger kids.
I think I'm going to get my nine year old niece The False Prince, but I wish she was a little older, so I could give her The Scorpio Races or Saving Francesca or Jellicoe Road (she loves horses and she adored Melina Marchetta's Gorgon in the Gully). She's going to be so much fun to shop for when she hits the right age for YA fiction.
I'm a bit sad, because I peeked on my Amazon wishlist and noticed that no books had been purchased. My mom told me that she was tired of buying books and records for me, because that's all I ever ask for, and she lived up to her word. I may have to buy a book or two for myself, so I'll have something with which to entertain myself on Christmas day. Unfortunately, most of the books that I want that I haven't yet read aren't being released until next year, like Scarlet, Prodigy, and Unravel Me. Still, I wouldn't say no to a copy of Grave Mercy or Love and Other Perishable Items or the US paperback edition of The Piper's Son, even though I already have the other two editions of that book. Yes, I am a big dork.
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Date: 12/7/12 01:27 pm (UTC)I bought one of my younger nieces I Want My Hat Back, but I'm not quite sure what to get my five year old niece. Any suggestions? How about for an almost two year old boy? Sadly, I'm not really up-to-date on books for younger kids.
I think I'm going to get my nine year old niece The False Prince, but I wish she was a little older, so I could give her The Scorpio Races or Saving Francesca or Jellicoe Road (she loves horses and she adored Melina Marchetta's Gorgon in the Gully). She's going to be so much fun to shop for when she hits the right age for YA fiction.
I'm a bit sad, because I peeked on my Amazon wishlist and noticed that no books had been purchased. My mom told me that she was tired of buying books and records for me, because that's all I ever ask for, and she lived up to her word. I may have to buy a book or two for myself, so I'll have something with which to entertain myself on Christmas day. Unfortunately, most of the books that I want that I haven't yet read aren't being released until next year, like Scarlet, Prodigy, and Unravel Me. Still, I wouldn't say no to a copy of Grave Mercy or Love and Other Perishable Items or the US paperback edition of The Piper's Son, even though I already have the other two editions of that book. Yes, I am a big dork.