Lit Gift Guide

Oh the weather outside is frightful, But the fire is so delightful, And since we’ve no place to go, Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
Gifts for the young or kids 8-92:

Do Not Open
by John Farndon
Any of the “ologies Books:

Egyptology by Emily Sands, Nick Harris, Helen Ward, and Ian Andrew
Mythology (Ologies) by Lady Hestia Evans, Dugald A. Steer, and Various
Wizardology: The Book of the Secrets of Merlin (Ologies) by Master Merlin, Dugald A. Steer, and Dugald Steer
Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragons (Ologies) by Ernest Drake and Dugald Steer

or

The Daring Book for Girls by Andrea J. Buchanan and Miriam Peskowitz
The Dangerous Book for Boys by Conn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden

Plain-old, New Good Books: Brother, I’m Dying by Edwidge Danticat, Flight: A Novel by Sherman Alexie

Reference and Non Fiction (Booklover’s delight):

The Little Guide To Your Well-Read Life ,
Literary Genius: 25 Classic Writers Who Define English and American Literature,
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die & 1001 Paintings You Must See Before You Die, Incomplete Education: 3,684 Things You Should Have Learned But Probably Didn’t,
Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel

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