Make the holiday season a literary season

November 5, 8:36 AMChildren's Books ExaminerLori Calabrese

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               Buy Books for the Holidays

Christmas is right around the corner and some of you have probably started your Christmas shopping already. Most of us are feeling the pinch of the recession and need to tighten our pocketbooks, so what can we possibly buy for the holidays?

Books!

I don't know about you, but being the parent of two boys, they're inundated with toys. They've taken up every room of our house and as much as a parent tries to contain it to one room, it proves to be impossible. That's why books make wonderful gifts. There's a book out there for each person on your list and it's something they can treasure for years.

Buy Books for the Holidays encourages you to make this holiday season a literary season by:

1) Buying books for as many people on your list as you can
2) Donating to literacy charities for year end giving

Additionally, they encourage you to support your local independent bookstores if you can. Visit Buy Books for the Holidays where they'll be spotlighting as many independent bookstores as they can throughout the following months. (If you own an independent bookstore, please apply to be spotlighted)

They'll introduce you to literacy charities, provide gift suggestions and printable shopping lists, and share fun ways you can accessorize your gifts at a low cost. And of course, if you need help finding the perfect book for that hard to shop for person on your list, Buy Books for the Holidays is a community that will help you find it.

Everyone on their extremely committed team of bloggers loves books. They believe strongly in the written word and in the importance of a literate society. You have a lot of options for gifts this holiday season, but everyone at Buy Books for the Holidays hopes you'll work to give a gift with lasting value, a gift that communicates that you care, a gift that has life changing potential. They hope you'll give books as gifts for this holiday.

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