2008 Holiday Gift Guide (Mary Emma)
HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE
As we browse the stores and check online outlets, we’ll see holiday decorations galore. This alerts us to the fact that it’s time for making our lists and checking them twice! What do the children, family members and friends in our life want this year? My granddaughter always makes out a book list for me to choose from.
Writing & Sketching
Drawing and Sketching with Markers
Mastering Color & the Plein Air Experience
IlluStory Make Your Own Story Kit
Books for Fun and Learning
Some are classics I’ve read with my daughter as she was growing up and and now with the grandchildren, carrying on a family heritage of reading. I also have come across some fun books this year in my substitute teaching or in my research for books to share with you here at One Book Two Book.
- Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
- Heidi - Johanna Spyri
- Gingerbread Friends - Jan Brett
- The Mitten - Jan Brett
- Cole Family Christmas - Jennifer Lui Bryan & Hazel Cole Kendle
- Julie and the Lost Fairy Tale - Janie Lancaster
- Painting the Wild Frontier - Susanna Reich
- Fairy Houses (Fairy House Series) - Tracy Kane
- ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas
- My Dear Phebe - Janet Elaine Smith
And an all time favorite - A Child’s Garden of Verses by Robert Lewis Stevenson. My mom read this to us when I was a child, and I consider it one of those “must reads” to share with children everywhere.
What are some of your favorite children’s books…on a Christmas list for your children or yourself?
Enironmental, Going Green & Nature
William is Going Green (William the Garbage Truck & Crew) by James Martin II
Pale Male: Citizen Hawk of New York City by Janet Schulman
Flush and other environmental books by Carl Hiaasen
The Sky’s NOT Falling: It’s Ok to Chill About Global Warming by Holly Fretwell
Christmas Card Crafts
Papercrafts for Christmas: Making Cards & Decorations by Judy Balchin and Polly Pinder.
Controversial Books
Some books are controversial because of the subject matter which conflicts with social and religious taboos. Other books are controversial because of readers’ and reviewers’ interpretations (often far from what the author intended). Sometimes the controversial nature of a book changes over time, and becomes more acceptable as society becomes more accepting of specific ideas.
Here are some books that have been controversial, still are controversial, or are simply perceived as controversial due to individual interpretation.
The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer & The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
The Story of Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman
Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling
The Golden Compass (part of The Dark Materials Trilogy) by Philip Pullman
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
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