Once you sign up to be a Mom or Dad or an Uncle or an Auntie…… Even as a Grandpa or a Grandma or as friend or a colleague, you will be enthusiastically giving gifts the whole year round. Birthdays, Special Achievements and the Holidays makes your gift hunting schedule busy!
Eventually, you find you are looking for something besides toys, electronic devices, novelty items and clothes to give to the people you care about personally and professionally. Yes, they’re nice gifts but they don’t seem to have that eternal value that the gift recipient wants to return to, again and again.
We have a wise proposal for you: Give Books as Gifts!
Books are more precious than those clothes, Knick knacks and devices because the wisdom and knowledge inside them lasts for a lifetime.
Now, here are 9 reasons why books are the perfect gifts:
1) Books last forever. They may gather dust on a bookshelf, but in the lifetime of the person who receives them as gifts, they will always have the chance to read them at some point in their life and gain wisdom and enjoyment. These books will also benefit countless other readers who happen to browse their home library and chance upon these books. The objective of handing down wisdom and information have been attained. Give history and hobby books.
2) You Support Authors, Illustrators and Publishers. They are the professionals in the world who inspire us. And we need them because they take us out or ourselves and into their stories with the characters they create. The person who receives this book as a gift shares the journey of the characters as they lose themselves in the story.
3) Books don’t have small pieces. They’re not like jigsaw puzzles where the loss of pieces makes the puzzle incomplete. The book given as a gift is one whole body of new ideas. Even if a page or two is torn out, through context clues, the message of the book remains clear. Give joke books and spiritual uplifting books.
4) A book is a great gift to give to someone who has everything. A great book as a gift strikes that emotional nerve that no other material gift can ignite. There could be messages in the book that could inspire them for the better in the future. Give them biographies, history, or health and fitness books.
5) Books are easy to order and ship. Now that people are staying home more than ever and people are visiting stores to shop less often, books are easy to find online and there is a treasure trove of books that are perfect for the personality of the special person you are going to give a gift to. Just Browse, Select, and Purchase! Give a good romance, mystery, fantasy book. Or a book about business & money, or health and fitness, even journals and coloring books are great gifts.
6) Books don’t need assembly. Books are not broken down into parts and need to be put together. They are already complete, and all the lucky gift recipient needs to do is open it and be transported to a whole new world. Give large coffee table books showing the wonders of the world.
7) Books encourages the person to have more empathy. A brilliant book makes the individual aware of what’s going on around the world and will ignite the “sharing what I have” mode in the person. Give books about current affairs in politics and social science.
8) Books put focus and a longer attention span into play for the gift receiver. Books can be a release from everyday stress and provide a quiet time to release from the noise. Journals and notebooks to capture thoughts, dreams, and wishes along with coloring books or puzzle books provide an escape and a way to recharge.
Puzzle & Activity Books for Adults
Puzzle & Activity Books for Adults
9) Books are appreciated by seniors in your circle of family and friends and provide a way to sharpen their mind. Give them crossword, sudoku or word game books. Give them new ones regularly. They will forever be grateful for your kindness.
Books are precious and if you love or appreciate those special persons, they are the best things to give as gifts. Books are life itself.