I’m actually finished Christmas shopping one whole week before the big day. OK, there’s a couple more to get but they’re cornered and I’m stalking them with my big game BastardCard. Just some scattered nieces and nephews (and wifey, yikes!) and that’s it. I survived the malls and lived to tell about it.
The number of nieces and nephews to buy gifts for grew exponentially this year. Suddenly we have to put on the perspective of a one-year-old. Will they find our picks joyful or just another drool absorber?
We had so much trouble finding appropriate toys that this year we gave up and settled on books.
Timeless, educational, thought-provoking books that will get tossed aside for fun toys. Yep, we’re not the fun uncles/aunties. But you can’t lose with Story About Ping, The Five Chinese Brothers or Tikki Tikki Tembo (No sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo). I loved the latter. Tikki was on some Twista rhyming ish!
While checking the sales, we found Linda Sue Park. Her kid books are thoughtful and multicultural! Plus it’s a good read—Mung Mung, her first book for ages 2-7 is an animal sounds primer. Peep her out here.
Posted by at December 17, 2004 4:02 PM
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