I am blown away by the thoughtfulness and quality of my many gifts. My Santa sent me hometown meets children’s book meets r/penmanshipPorn (splendid handwritten note), and I will treasure these books for the jewels that they are!

For my daughter I got three classics from santa’s hometown of Portland Maine.

Dahliv Ipcar’s Maine Alphabet has lovely illustrations and a cute verse to go along with the letters.

Blueberries for Sal has gorgeous pen and ink illustrations, and features a spirited little heroin, her mama and some bears!

Miss Rumphius is my new favorite, and teaches us all to strive to make the world more beautiful.

For my son, my Santa picked out Three Tales of My Father‘s Dragon. The first thing we noticed was the beautiful map and illustrations. He was honestly delighted to get a book in the mail and he wasn’t expecting anything because I didn’t tell him I signed up. He’s in first grade and just learning to love reading, and I’m so excited to share and discover this “childhood favorite” with him!!!

Santa, thank you so much for curating this fabulous collection, encouraging reading in my Youngins, and for making my inner child so very happy!