We are excited to announce our new Summer Reading Collections! Get some fun beach reads for yourself, or keep your kids excited about reading this summer with our terrific 3-month collections designed just for summer.
New Summer Reading Collections
Summer Reading Ages 2 to 5 - Preschoolers will love this 3-month collection of summer reads that includes books to spark imaginative play and to cuddle up with between activities.
Summer Reading Picture Books Ages 5 to 8 - These imaginative picture books for young children are designed for summer fun and exploration.
Summer Reading Ages 8 to 10 - This summer take an adventure into the world of books with these engaging reads designed for ages 8 to 10.
Summer Reading Ages 10 to 12 - Fill those lazy summer days with these interesting and exciting books for middle graders.
Summer Reading Ages 12 to 14 - Books are a great way for preteens to investigate their expanding sense of the world. This great summer collection includes books that will help them explore their changing view of themselves and how they fit into the world.
Summer Reading for Teens - Teens will be absorbed by this terrific collection designed for those long summer days.
Hot Summer Fiction - Treat yourself or a loved one with this collection of our experts' picks of the hottest fiction for the summer.
Fun Beach Reads for Women - This collection of paperback fiction is perfect for the beach and makes a great hostess gift.
Fun Beach Reads for Men - A great gift for Father's Day or for any man who wants to relax this summer, this collection includes our experts' favorite fun and funny fiction for men.
We hope you share our love of literature and passion to inspire people of all ages to read and will consider GiftLit for your next gift purchase.
Monday, May 31, 2010
Summer Reading Recommendations
Saturday, May 8, 2010
May Gift Book Recommendations
We have some great books to recommend for May including great gift books for children, gifts for teens and gifts for moms and dads.
Happy Reading!
May Book Recommendations
Children's Book Recommendations
Shark vs. Train by Chris Barton – Who would win if a toy shark and toy train faced off in a battle royale for playroom supremacy? Find out in this hilarious picture book that includes a trick-or-treating challenge, a marshmallow roasting contest and progressively wacky scenarios. Part of our Favorites for Boys Age 2-5 collection. Browse our gift books for girls and gift books for boys ages 2 to 5. 
No Easy Way: The Story of Ted Williams and the Last .400 Season by Fred Bowen – Bowen brings to life the inspirational story of baseball great Ted Williams who didn't take the easy way out but succeeded in hitting .406 for the season in 1941 - a feat not matched since. Part of our Favorites for Boys Age 5-8 collection. Browse our book gifts for girls and book gifts for boys ages 5 to 8.
Wiff and Dirty George: The Z.E.B.R.A. Incident by Stephen Swinburne – Great for reluctant readers, this zany adventure set in 1960's London has the perfect mix of suspense, humor and mystery as two friends stumble upon a mad scientist's plot for world domination. Part of our Page Turners Age 8-10 collection. Browse our book of the month gifts for girls and for boys ages 8 to 10.
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger – Tommy's misfit friend Dwight animates an origami Yoda finger puppet that is uncannily wise and can predict pop quizes, in this funny and spot-on novel about the dynamics of a sixth grade class. Part of our Page Turners Age 10-12 collection. Browse our childrens book of the month club gifts for ages 10 to 12.
Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick – With short, suspenseful chapters, this intense survival story set during the Alaska gold rush, explores the role of guns as 14-year-old Sig with a pacifist mother and gun-toting father must shape his own view and act accordingly. Part of our Favorites for Boys Age 12-14 collection. Browse our book gifts for girls and book gifts for boys ages 12 to 14.
Teen Book Recommendations
The Firefly Letters: A Suffragette's Journey to Cuba by Margarita Engle – From Newbery Honor winner Engle, this stunning historical novel-in-verse set in 1851 Cuba is written from actual diaries and tells the story of three women - Fredrika, a 19th-century Swedish suffragette; Cecilia, her teenage African slave translator; and Elena, a priviledged 12-year-old Cuban girl. Part of our Historical Fiction for Teens collection. Browse our book of the month gifts for teens.
The Cardturner: A Novel about Imperfect Partners and Infinite Possibilities by Louis Sachar, Newbery winner and bestselling author of Holes. – When Alton's parents insist he spend his junior year summer driving his blind, great-uncle Lester to his bridge club, Alton is completely surprised when he becomes enamored with the game and begins to bond with his crusty uncle. Part of our Fiction for Teen Boys collection. Browse our fiction book a month gifts teen.
White Cat ( Curse Workers #01 ) by Holly Black – This gripping fantasy of mobsters and dark magic launches a new series as Cassel, as straight kid from a crooked family, untangles a complex plot where dreams may be more real than memories. Part of our Fantasy & Magic for Teens collection. Browse our monthly book gifts of adult books for teens.
Adult Book Recommendations
The Hand That First Held Mine by Maggie O'Farrell – The story of two women connected by art, love, secrets and motherhood is interwoven into a spellbinding novel that make a wonderful mother's day gift. Part of our Fiction for Women collection. Browse our book gifts for women and gifts for moms.
A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy Seals, and Dangerous Days at Sea by Richard Phillips – This compelling and fast-paced narrative of Captain Phillips' captivity and daring escape from Somali pirates who hijacked his ship in April 2009, is a true story of adventure and courage where, for once, the good guys win. Part of our Favorites for Men collection. Browse our book of the month gifts for men and book gifts for dad.
The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman – This celebration of the role of newspapers charts the chaos of a newsroom based in Rome with chapters that read like exquisite short stories about the intersecting lives of the characters who produce the paper. Part of our Great New Hardcover Fiction collection. Browse our monthly book club gifts for couples.
Anthill by E.O. Wilson – Part novel, part creative non-fiction, this masterful work from a two time Pulitzer Prize winner follows the adventures of Raff, a modern-day Huck Finn, whose improbable love of ants transforms his own life and the lives around him. Part of our Fiction for Men collection. Browse our book of the month club gifts for fiction readers.
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Deborah Blum – With equal parts true crime, twentieth-century history, and science thriller this enthralling account of two forensic pioneers in early 20th-century New York unfolds with each new puzzling case highlighting a different poison and outlining the ingenious methods devised to detect them. Part of our Nonfiction for Men collection. Browse our monthly book gifts for readers.
Family Book Recommendations
The Incredible Voyage of Ulysses by Bimba Landmann – Blending a graphic-novel format with bold illustrations, this beautiful retelling of Homer's epic tale makes a wonderful read aloud the whole family can enjoy. Part of our Read Aloud Ages 8-12 collection. Browse our book of the month club gifts for families.
What's New, Cupcake?: Ingeniously Simple Designs for Every Occasion by Karen Tack and Alan Richardson – We loved their first book, now this endlessly imaginative duo is back with ideas for race-car cupcakes, faux-food cupcakes, and ravishing jewelry cupcakes to name just a few of their fun and fabulous creations - that require no baking skills or fancy pastry equipment! Part of our Family Activities Ages 8-14 collection. Browse our gift books for families to read together.
We hope you share our love of literature and passion to inspire people of all ages to read and will consider GiftLit for your next gift purchase.
Monday, May 3, 2010
Mother's Day Gift and Book Recommendations
Wouldn’t your mom love to receive a reminder of your love all year long? Our beautifully packaged book of the month gifts are hand-selected for women and will come each month to remind her that you are thinking of her long after Mother’s Day has passed.
Favorites for Women - Book of the Month Gift - With fiction to be savored and insightful nonfiction, this collection of our experts' favorites will be a gift that any mom will treasure. Browse all our gifts for women.
Fiction for Women - Book of the Month Gift - With stories of wisdom, humor, and love, these novels are chosen for their special appeal to women and make an ideal gift for any mom who likes fiction. Browse all our gifts for women.
Mother’s Day Book Recommendations
Children's Book Recommendations
Bedtime for Mommy by Amy Krouse Rosenthal – This hilarious reversal of the bedtime routine, from bestselling author Rosenthal, is a great Mother's Day read as a little girl struggles to put her mother to bed. Part of our Bedtime Stories Age 2-5 collection. Browse our gift books for girls and gift books for boys ages 2 to 5.
The Hand That First Held Mine by Maggie O'Farrell – The story of two women connected by art, love, secrets and motherhood is interwoven into a spellbinding novel that make a wonderful mother's day gift. Part of our Fiction for Women collection. Browse our book gifts for girls and book gifts for boys ages 5 to 8.
The Postmistress by Sarah Blake – A great gift for historical fiction fans, this story of three extraordinary women, set in 1940 on the eve of America's entrance into World War II, is a beautifully written tale of secrets, love and war. Part of our Favorites for Women collection. Browse our book of the month gifts for girls and for boys ages 8 to 10.
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn – A more serious gift for nonfiction readers, this stunning and important work from two Pulitzer Prize winners is a painful but ultimately hopeful chronicle of the oppression of women in the developing world that shows the key to progress lies in unleashing women's potential. Part of our Favorites for Women collection. Browse our childrens book of the month club gifts for ages 10 to 12.
We hope you share our love of literature and passion to inspire people of all ages to read and will consider GiftLit for your next gift purchase.
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