Thank you, Nancy, for the kind words and suggestions! I have considered offering my lists in a similar format to what you suggest, but the reality is that I just don't have the time to do so! I hope you keep enjoying the book lists, though!

Your list of non-stuff gifts is one of the most important things this country needs. (Ok, I'll qualify that; it's what's needed by those of us in this country who have too much stuff--and the charity gifts cover most of the rest of us.) Not only can it occupy our kids, but it can of course do so while building a whole host of other values and virtues and strengths that are much needed by us as individuals and families and as a country.

I have a suggestion---something for you to do in your "free time." It would be beyond great to have your book lists (and other lists) in book form. They could be organized by subject, by age, by purpose.... The printable lists are great, but they're just subject/title/author. A few hours (or less) after I've read the descriptions, that content is "gone." I print out some of the lists and descriptions, but that involves reams and forests of paper, and I'm not at all organized enough to keep them organized in nice neat folders and filing cabinets. I could save the lists+details to my computer, but some would be in folders of books or activities by age, or by subject, or--especially if I'm pressed for time--they're just tossed into general Kids' Books folders, or Kids' Activities folders. The indexes/indices of a book could include various different kinds of lists. And don't forget about cross-indexing. Updates to the lists could be available by subscription until you have time for more comprehensive revisions. I would be very happy to pay money for such books (hc or pb) and subscriptions--to keep or to give as gifts.

Just a thought....

All the best to you, Erica, and Thank You, thank you, thank you!