Reading Local: Portland

Welcome to Reading Local’s 2009 Last-Minute Holiday Shopping Guide!  If you are anything like me (i.e. not a planner) Christmas shopping is often done at the last minute.  Or perhaps you are a planner, but are still in search of one last gift to give your friend or loved one.  So as this Holiday shopping season nears the finish line, I figured that I might make things a little less stressful for those of you with shopping left to do by providing some recommendations of books from local authors/publishers that will make you the toast of Christmas morning!

Disclaimers- The way the list is organized is not meant to pigeon hole these books into that age group only.  I had to organize them some way, and this felt to me as the clearest way to do so.  Obviously a majority of these books would work across the age groups within which I placed them.  I tried to spread the love around, but as you will see this list is biased towards how I would shop for my own family.  I will have to rely upon those of you who have families who love poetry, graphic novels, zines, and all of the other categories that aren’t equally represented, to leave recommendations in the comments below. All prices are list prices from the publisher, although you can find several of them for better prices at your local neighborhood bookstores.

Again, please feel free to add your own recommendations in the comments below! Read the rest of this entry »