NCBLA President Mary Brigid Barrett Picks for Great Book Gifts
New Favorites:
The Chiru of High Tibet by Jacqueline Briggs Martin, illustrated by Linda Wingerter (picture book)
Ting and Ling: Not Exactly the Same! written and illustrated by Grace Lin (early reader)
Marching for Freedom by Elizabeth Partridge ( nonfiction, for middle grades)
Old Favorites:
Gone-Away Lake by Elizabeth Enright (middle grade novel)
Return to Gone-Away Lake by Elizabeth Enright (middle grade novel)
A Child's Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman ( for the whole family!)
For Mom and Dad and Your Favorite Teacher!
A Family of Readers
The Book Lover’s Guide to Children’s
and Young Adult Literature
by Roger Sutton The Book Lover’s Guide to Children’s
and Young Adult Literature
and Martha V. Parravano
Foreword by Gregory Maguire (nonfiction, wonderful guide to help your kids become life-long readers!)
Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann (fiction, because Mom and Dad should have a great fiction read at Christmas, too!)
Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff ( nonfiction for adults)
Christmas is a great time to give books to your children. The best gift of all is to help and encourage your children to become life-long readers!
