A Year of Book Giving

JANUARY

Spread joy this winter with, Celebration: Here Comes the Snow a crystalline collection of classic black and white snow photos paired with snowy witticisms.

FEBRUARY

For him

You're My Guy Because...
by Patricia Storms
This book of witty reasons is for him, the man of the moment or your man of the ages. In winning words with amusing illustrations, it reveals how true affection is built from little things that mean a lot. Valentine's Day, birthday or any day, the guy who receives this will be a most happy fella.

For her

You're My Woman Because...
by Patrick J. Murphy
This lovely book of reasons, each paired with an original illustration by the Irish painter, Patrick Murphy, will help you woo her or keep her.

Share the great romances of history and the best of love in poetry and art by savoring Lust, Love and Longing by Eileen Morgan with your own true love on Valentine's Day.

MARCH

Cheer up an unattached friend and join her in a laugh-and-learn, read-aloud session of Never Kiss a Frog: a Girl's Guide to Creatures from the Dating Swamp. This spring-cleaning, sweep the frogs (who are not princes) from you life!

APRIL

Time to plant or mull it over. In our children’s book, The Munched-up Flower Garden, Liz decides to grow a garden that will dazzle the county fair judges. She sweet talks her pathetic little sprouts ‘til the goat comes home—or is there another obstacle? Author Nancy Kelly Allen has an original down-home voice while prizewinning illustrator K. Michael Crawford works from a bright and true palette.

MAY

To Mom, I Love You Because . . . by Tomoe Sasaki Farley lists thirty reasons why you love your mother and want to honor her on Mother's Day. It also contains the thirty little paintings you'd create for your mother if only you were an artist.

You can’t go wrong giving your favorite new high school, college or advanced-degree graduate Wisdom & Wack for the Graduate. These pearls of wisdom in this little illustrated keepsake gleam with wit.

School's Out! Or soon will be. And we have the perfect present for the elementary or middle school student's favorite instructor, Thank you, Teacher Because...

JUNE

Honor and amuse Dad on Father’s Day with Pop, You Rock Because. Most of the reasons in this book for caring about Dad are your reasons in apt words with brilliant cartoons. Way better than a Father’s Day card.

Start your summer right with Michael Turback’s mouthwatering More than a Month of Sundaes. You might learn some soda fountain logo and with the author’s recipes and his new list of more than 500 top sundaes places in the country, you won’t go hungry for long. P.S. It makes a great Father’s Day gift.

If you are getting married this month (or any month), Heading for the Wedding, by Sara Shacter and Christine Thornton, is the entertainingly instructive book that you want to make sure that all your guests (ages three to 12) read before they arrive at the wedding. Get it into their little hands soon!

JULY

Summertime is balloon time, but a balloon may waft away or get snagged in a tree, and then a small voice asks, Where Do the Balloons Go? The Elena Davis book answers its title question with a fable of balloon fairies in a balloon castle with balloon pets, and magical watercolors by Anna Jurinich.

AUGUST

Red Rock Press has no better recommendation for lawn-chair or beach-blanket reading and laughing than Dale Burg's SLOTH: Ode to Disarray and Delay. We rest our case.

SEPTEMBER

It's time to put your shoulder to the wheel and all that. Surely, there's a better way to make money? Help a friend or client find out (and enjoy himself) with Greed & Its Rewards by Drew Fetherston.

September is also the month to shop until you drop or buy and set aside some important holiday gifts. 101 Things to Buy Before You Die by Maggie Davis and Charlotte Williamson also encourages you to get one great thing you’ve always wanted, whether it’s the world's best coffee, a made-to-order shirt or a lavish silk scarf.

OCTOBER

Do grown-ups get to dress up or put on masks, too? You bet we do. The desire to look spectacular is innate. Trust us, the enlightening and beautiful Vanity: The Art of Looking Good, by Linda Abrams, is not just for the fashionista in your life. But if you were thinking of something weirder for Halloween, consider Envy, Anger &Sweet Revenge: Hey, It Works in Hollywood by Stephen M. Silverman.

NOVEMBER

'Tis the season to start feasting. So, how about Gluttony: More is More by Nan Lyons? This is the book New York Magazine food critic Gael Greene said she could not party without.

DECEMBER

There can be no better gift for a Hanukkah host or hostess than In My Father's Bakery: A Bronx Memoir by Marvin Korman. At RedRockPress.com it comes with When the Kaiser Roll Was King—a collection of recipes for the Jewish breads, cakes and other dishes mentioned in the author's masterful stories.

The Christmas Cat Book and The Christmas Dog Book are also hard covers with dust jackets. One tells of cozy Christmas Cats and good-luck black cats. The other explores how with a little help from Queen Victoria dogs moved from the kennel to the heart of Christmas homes. Stunning images in both.

Our Christmas CELEBRATION stocking stuffers for kids from 8 to 80, each gorgeously illustrated with an international array of antique jewel-toned Christmas cards, also include:

The Christmas Animal Book—a lively exploration of the iconic roles of a merry menagerie.

The Christmas Flower Book—a charmer that decodes the language of Noel greenery and fragrant blossoms.

Santa Comes to Town—a history of Santa's wardrobe of many colors, various Christmas Eve transportation modes and much else.

More Christmas Angels—an enchanting look at the winged lovelies who herald the holidays in song and action.

The Christmas Candle Books—a poetic journey into the meanings of Yuletide light and lightheartedness.

You might want to give The Christmas Angel Book or The Santa Book to a relative, friend or business associate early-on, because each contains 32 useable Christmas cards. But then again, many recipients will want to keep these treasures intact.