Assuming that gift books should be something a little out of the ordinary—larger in size, oddly intriguing, distinctly illustrated, appealing to nostalgia—here are some wrap-worthy ideas.
Grab a Copy Around the Year By Elsa Beskow Floris Books 32 pages We may earn a commission when you buy products through the links on our site.
Buy Book Amazon Barnes & Noble Books a Million Bookshop“Around the Year” invites children ages 3-8 into the Scandinavian idyll of the Swedish illustrator Elsa Beskow (1874-1953).
In her pictorial world, fairies dance in the forest, toddlers swim naked, and older children are all tidy, cooperative and nicely dressed.
The entry for this month, for instance, depicts a mother reading to three children by a cozy fire: “Gray is November, / except / for the bright fire / with a story, / a cushion for the cat, / the dark shut outside / and the light in the flames / where mysteries lie / and we dream.”
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