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Posted: June 02 2007 at 11:48am | IP Logged Quote JennGM
I have a 2 yo niece that needs a birthday gift. This is a family that has everything, so book is the definite choice. I want a good picture book, something that can be read to her now, but also she will enjoy later. We talk about them all the time, but my brain is freezing. Something not too overtly religious is probably good, too.

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Posted: June 02 2007 at 12:11pm | IP Logged Quote Meredith
We have loved The Quiltmaker's Gift and The Magic Hill, these tend to span so many ages and are truly beautiful picture books!!

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Posted: June 02 2007 at 9:25pm | IP Logged Quote Fuzzy
Jenn, anything that you have given my kids is always appreciated!

Blueberries for Sal
When I went for a Walk in the Woods
Goodnight Gorilla
Noah's Ark
A is for Altar
What do you say/do, dear? (older, but my kids like the pics)
If Jesus came to my house

Just to name a few ;)

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Posted: June 03 2007 at 1:53am | IP Logged Quote aussieannie
The Princess and the Kiss? It is something that the young and old can read and relate/learn from...actually to pick it up in later teens, they will understand in a more complete way then...

I always think The Princess and the Kiss is a gift you can give to Catholics, christians, any faith, atheists, anyone! - it is about purity and that is relevant to everyone...

This is our no. 1 gift we give to girls. We give it as a baptismal gift, for birthdays of all ages and last year I gave it to one of my goddaughter's who is nearly entering her teenage years - I'm always needing to buy more copies.

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How about Jan Brett books? The pictures are captivating and you see more and more the longer you look. We like the hedgie books, the troll ones, Fritz and the Beautiful horses, the Umbrella, and really all of them are marvelous. The same goes for Graeme Base.The more you look the more there is to see. Animalia is a classic and we love My Grandma lived in Gooligulch. Sign of the Seahorse was not a hit with the youngers, but they like it as they get older.I recently gave the Watering Hole to a 3 yo niece!

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Posted: June 03 2007 at 12:08pm | IP Logged Quote KackyK
My very favorite book of all time (since I was a young child) is The Fourteen Bears in Summer and Winter by Evelyn Scott.

It has beautiful illustrations. It was out of print for a long time and in the past couple of years has come back into print.

Now that I am an adult I especially appreciate how they have 12 children (all girls except one boy!) and they do everything together. I never realized as a child how it was such a great pro-family book (I only have 1 sibling, maybe that is why as a child I loved it so much, imagining how wonderful it would be to have more siblings).

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