{"id":17675,"date":"2015-12-21T08:40:43","date_gmt":"2015-12-21T13:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/?p=17675"},"modified":"2015-12-21T08:40:43","modified_gmt":"2015-12-21T13:40:43","slug":"a-snowfall-of-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/?p=17675","title":{"rendered":"A Snowfall of Books"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Like many indie bookstores with similar “book angel” holiday drives, the Flying Pig’s Snowflake Giving Program helps local children\u00a0receive wonderful gift books every\u00a0December. Our customers\u00a0look forward to this as part of their own tradition each year, and it’s especially fun to see parents and kids conferring earnestly and happily about which family book favorites they most want to share with another child.
\nWhile we won’t list all 160 titles people bought, we thought it might be interesting to gather a sampling of the choices that people\u00a0purchased for one of the organizations, who supplied us with gender, age, and a special interest of each child (family, animals, fairy tales, humor, farm, space, etc.). Sometimes customers ask for help choosing books, but most often, they choose their own. Here’s what went out to these kids, from the sublime to the silly:
\nBabies (ages 0-2):<\/strong> Good Night Gorilla<\/em> by Peggy Rathmann, I Get Dressed<\/em> and I Play<\/em> by David McPhail, Each Peach Pear Plum<\/em> by Janet and Allen Ahlberg, Touch and Feel Baby Animals\u00a0<\/em>(Scholastic), Sassy Zoom! Things That Go\u00a0<\/em>(Grosset & Dunlap), All Fall Down<\/em> and Tickle, Tickle<\/em> by Helen Oxenbury, Hello, Animals!<\/em> by Smriti\u00a0Prasadam and Emily Bolam, What’s Your Favorite Animal?<\/em> by Eric Carle,\u00a0Under the Sleepy Stars<\/em> by Stephanie Shaw and Rebecca Harry, Time for Bed<\/em> by Mem Fox and Jane Dyer, Yummy Yucky<\/em> by Leslie Patricelli.
\nToddlers (ages 3-4):\u00a0<\/strong>The Princess and the Pony<\/em> by Kate Beaton, The Snowy Day<\/em> by Ezra Jack Keats, Bear & Hare Snow!<\/em> by Emily Gravett, The Animals’ Santa<\/em> by Jan Brett, I Really Like Slop!<\/em> by Mo Willems, Bear and\u00a0Bunny<\/em> by Danial Manus Pinkwater and Will Hillenbrand, Cinderella<\/em> by Amy Ehrlich and Susan Jeffers, Fancy Nancy and the Wedding of the Century<\/em> by Jane O’Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser, Sweet Pea and Friends: The SheepOver<\/em> by John and Jennifer Churchman, A Birthday for Frances<\/em> by Russell Hoban and Lillian Hoban.
\nYoung Children (ages 5-6):\u00a0<\/strong>Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late<\/em> by Mo Willems, Toys Meet Snow<\/em> by Emily Jenkins and Paul O. Zelinsky, National Geographic Readers Hoot, Owl<\/em>\u00a0by Shelby Alinsky, Goggles<\/em> by Ezra Jack Keats, Sweet Pea and Friends: The SheepOver<\/em> by John and Jennifer Churchman,\u00a0Goodnight Already!<\/em> by Jory John and Benji Davies, Heidi Heckelbeck and the Christmas Surprise<\/em> by Wanda Coven and Priscilla Burris,\u00a0Lift-the-Flap Hide-and-Seek Pout-Pout Fish<\/em> by Deborah Diesen and Daniel Hannah, Our Animal Friends at Maple Hill Farm<\/em> by Alice and Martin Provensen, Paddle-to-the-Sea<\/em> by Holling C. Holling, Usborne’s My Very First Space Book.<\/em>
\nAges 7-9:\u00a0<\/strong>Jack and the Beanstalk<\/em> by Paul Goble, Ricky Ricotta’s Mighty Robot<\/em> and Ricky Ricotta’s Mighty Robot vs. the Mutant Mosquitoes from Mercury<\/em> by Dav Pilkey, A Mouse Called Wolf, The Water Horse,\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Pigs Might Fly<\/em> by Dick King-Smith, Stink and the World’s Worst Super-Stinky Sneakers<\/em> by Megan McDonald and Peter Reynolds, Adventures of a South-Pole Pig<\/em> by Chris Kurtz, The Gorilla Who Wanted to Grow Up<\/em> by Jane Tomlinson, Friendship According to Humphrey<\/em> by Betty G. Birney, Owl Moon<\/em> by Jane Yolen and John\u00a0Schoenherr, The Story of Diva and Flea<\/em> by Mo Willems and Tony DiTerlizzi, Geronimo Stilton: Watch Your Whiskers<\/em>, Ramona the Brave<\/em> and Beezus and Ramona<\/em> by Beverly Cleary, Dear Dumb Diary: Can Adults Become Human?<\/em> by Jim Benton,\u00a0Lionboy<\/em> by Zizou Corder, Hilo: The Boy Who Crashed to Eart<\/em>h by Judd Winick.
\nAges 10-15:<\/strong>\u00a0Clementine for Christmas<\/em> by Daphne\u00a0Benedis-Grab, Hatchet<\/em> by Gary Paulsen,\u00a0Timber Ridge Riders 01: Keeping Secrets\u00a0<\/em>by Maggie Dana, A Wizard of Earthsea<\/em> by Ursula K. LeGuin, Little House on the Prairie<\/em> by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Ella Enchanted<\/em> by Gail Carson Levine, Wereworld 01: Rise of the Wolf<\/em> by Curtis Jobling, The Fairy-Tale Matchmaker<\/em> by E.D. Baker, Finnikin of the Rock<\/em> by Melina Marchetta, Goodbye, Stranger<\/em> by Rebecca Stead, Unbroken<\/em> (Young Adult Edition) by Laura Hillenbrand, Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words<\/em> by Russell Munroe, and\u00a0Earth: The Book: A Visitor’s Guide to the Human Race<\/em> by Jon Stewart.
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\nI was interested to see how many of the titles were very recent\u00a0books. Usually, we see a lot more longtime staples. What would your top picks be for any of those age groups?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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