Shopping for a child who loves to read sounds easy. Just buy them a book, right? Then you walk into a bookstore and discover several thousand possibilities. Which one haven't they read? Which series do they already own? Are they still interested in dragons, or was that six months ago? Do they like fantasy or mysteries now? And how did a nine-year-old manage to accumulate more books than most adults? The wonderful thing about shopping for a reader is that you don't have to fin

A child's home library doesn't need to begin with a wall of custom bookshelves and hundreds of perfectly organized books. It can begin with five books in a basket. Then a birthday book gets added. A favorite from the bookstore. A book from Grandma. A story discovered at a library sale. A few books arrive in the mail. Before long, that basket needs a shelf. If you're wondering how to build a home library for a child, the most important thing to know is that you don't have to b