Great Gift Books for Kids 2011

Receiving a book can be a transformative event in a child's life. Here are a few selections to help you ignite a life-long love of reading, learning and imagination.

Picture Books

Binky Under Pressure
by Ashley Spires

Blue Chicken
by Deborah Freedman

King Jack and the Dragon
by Peter Bently and Helen Oxenbury

A Place to Call Home
by Alexis Deacon

The Rain Train
by Elena De Roo

The Umbrella
by Ingrid and Dieter Schubert

Chapter Books

Everest: You Decide How to Survive!
by Bill Doyle, David Borgenicht and David Morton

The Grand Plan to Fix Everything
by Uma Krishnaswami

Okay for Now
by Gary Schmidt

Wildwood
by Colin Meloy

Wonderstruck
by Brian Selznick

Non-Fiction Books

Drawing from Memory
by Allen Say

Every Thing On It: Poems and Drawings
by Shel Silverstein

Everything I Need to Know Before I'm Five
by Valorie Fisher

If You Lived Here: Houses of the World
by Giles Laroche

The LEGO Ideas Book: Unlock Your Imagination
by Daniel Lipkowitz

Spread the joy of reading!

Jane L.S.