Happy Days After Thanksgiving! I hope you’ve shaken off the turkey and pie plus more pie plus ice cream plus a little more pie, and you’re ready to enjoy a cornucopia of book-related gift ideas for the holidays. It’s a bibliophilic wonderland out there! I had no idea of all the possibilities of presents for avid readers before I started looking into it for this newsletter. Take a listen to the conversation I had with my friend Eve (also my co-host on the Book Dreams podcast)

I don't know about you, but I've been thinking about holiday presents earlier than usual this year. Typically I buy them at the last possible second, but these days I'm just sitting at my desk (or on the sofa) for hours on end anyway. Might as well do a little online shopping. Plus, since independent bookstores are struggling, I feel an urgent need to buy books, books, books. My friend Eve Yohalem (a fellow children's book author and my co-host on the Book Dreams podcast--sor