If books are on your gift giving list this holiday season, here are three to consider. Children love to learn about magic and a world which is different from their own. Increase their imagination with “Mythology” by Lady Hestia Evans. This is a beautifully done gift book that will give kids a peek into ancient Greece and the homes of gods and goddesses. While the stories of Zeus, Prometheus, Pandora, Midas, Pan, Aphrodite and other Greek gods and goddesses are fun to read again (for you) and anew (for kids), the real appeal is in the pictures in this book and the interactive features included inside. On page after page, “Mythology” offers flaps to flip, envelopes to open, pop-ups to view, and a small deck of cards with which to play a game. Kids will love this book for those reasons, and adults who love literature and ancient history will relish the uniqueness of this new take on a very old subject.
A beautiful book for the creative people on your list is “The Quilt: A History and Celebration of an American Art Form” by Elise Schebler Roberts. This book is large, lush, and filled with dozens and dozens of pictures, “The Quilt” is a thorough history of one of America’s oldest art forms. A book any train enthusiast would love to read is “Railroads Across North America” by Claude Wiatrowski. From A (Aerotrain) to Z (Zephyr), “Railroads Across North America” is packed with pictures, old-time postcards and magazine covers, advertisements, as well as stories and information on railroads and trains, trolleys, streamliners, songs about trains, circus trains, and just about everything your train tracker could possibly want to read about
These are three beautiful gift books you'll enjoy giving this holiday season, and the people on your list will truly love to receive.
Season’s Readings!
“Mythology ($19.99) by Lady Hestia Evans is published by Candlewick Press.
“The Quilt: A History and Celebration of an American Art Form”($50.00) by Elise Schebler Roberts is published by Voyageur Press.
“Railroads Across North America” ($29.95) by Claude Wiatrowski is published by Voyageur Press.
