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Musing Mondays (Aug 31)

Musing Mondays (BIG) Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about books for children…


Do you buy books as gifts for children – either your own or those of friends or family? Would you buy books for all children, or only children who are already practiced readers?


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I don’t have any children of my own, but do have young children in the family whom I do buy books for. I don’t give books as gifts to everyone, though I wouldn’t hesitate if I found one I think they’d like.

Over the past few birthdays and Christmas’ I’ve started buying gifts as presents for my cousin, Hannah. She turns 7 this week, and I’ve already picked out two books for her:

 

 Levine - Fairy Haven and the Quest for the Wand fairy

  • Gail Carson Levine – Fairy Haven and the Quest for the Wand
  • Kelly McKain – The Fairy House: Fairy Friends

 

I also picked out some new picture books for my cousin’s daughter, Kaitlyn, whose birthday is coming up soon. She does enjoy her books; she may just give her mother and I a run for our money in a few years.

 

witches snow whale

  • Eva Montanari – Witches and Fairies
  • Ellie Patterson – The Tail of the Whale
  • Lucy M George – The Snow Queen