When Marc and I started on this journey, there were fewer grandchildren and they were younger.
We could turn to Dr. Seuss and Julia Donaldson and the Berenstein Bears.
We discovered things with Olivia, with Amelia Bedelia, with Curious George and the crazy British Mr. Gum.
Now we have 35 grandchildren ages 6 months to 18 years and their interests run from art to skateboarding and cosmetics and dinosaurs to wizards and science and kids who are always getting into mischief.
We have serious readers and those who just want to be entertained.
We have a couple who keep their gift books in their backpacks and next to their beds.
Some are starting to plan all year to request the books they want. (That thrills us. In fact, there is nothing we like better than to hear that one of our grandchildren has discovered they enjoy reading so much that they want something specific.)
Some have a series that they're following. Together, we've traveled through the Harry Potter series, the Rick Riordan books, the Babysitter books and some Calpurnia Tate stories.
It's been challenging and rewarding.
One grandchild even introduced us to a series he discovered, a series we hadn't realized existed.
Where we could keep a list on a piece of paper and do our shopping in a day or two, today, the list is on a spreadsheet that Marc keeps on his iPad.
We have to start our Valentine shopping right after New Year's.
We have data that goes back decades and a ongoing accounts at the bookstore and Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk.
We believe it's a worthwhile Valentine tradition that put books into little hands throughout the family.
Sure, we'll give them each a bit of chocolate as well as a love of reading if we can.
Both are delicious but one lasts a lifetime.
Monday, January 22, 2018
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