Gift of a book (Great Books Week)

"Friday: When I want to give someone a special gift, I give them [name of book] because…"

I give books as gifts. (Ask my kids.) One reason is because I'm much better at shopping for books than I am at picking out clothes or jewellery or knick-knacks. And they come my way more often than clothes, jewellery etc.

But as far as giving everybody the same book? Nah. Even if I wanted to, I don't usually run across multiple copies of the most interesting books I see.

If I could give every new parent the same book, though, I'd supply them with a copy of Dorothy Butler's Babies Need Books--I don't know anything about the revised edition, but I do like the original. And maybe add a thrift-shopped bag of books from her book--boy, did I spend a lot of time hunting for some of those when the Apprentice was small, and "hunting" did not mean doing an online search. And then one child or another loved "But Where is the Green Parrot?" and "Sam Who Never Forgets" into oblivion, so I'll have to round up more copies when there are Squirrel grandchildren to want them.