Age-conscious Reader Gifts

Woman Magazine -Look Younger; Teen Gal Magazine -Look Older

'Peter the Flying Hippo is my favorite storybook character without any merchandising tie-ins.'

'Are you sure I should read my book report to the class? --�It's PG-13.'

Gen-Next Library

Multi-Generational Books

"I'm still pre-literate."

"First they came for the horoscope and the crossword and I did nothing. Then they came for the cartoonists and there was no-one left to satirise it."

'I don't like reading on screen, so I'm printing the internet to look at it later.'

"Two, please—one senior and one tootsie."

Little boy reading a classic whilst his Dad reads a comic.

A vicar is reading 'The Great Begatsby' written by Abraham.

"At least she's reading."

'I'm pretty sleepy tonight, Dad - could we just skip ahead to the chase scene?'

'I can't remember the title, but it began, 'Once upon a time'...'

You Know You're Old When...

"Think about the perks. You learn to read, you get a pre-approved library card!"

'My battery is dead. How does it end?'

'Oh great,,, More protesters getting on our case about how the magazine industry creates 'unrealistic standards' for the human body,'

"Poor kid, his parents gave him a book for Christmas."

"Books are tricky. You can't text with a text book and you can't call with a phone book!"

'I'm looking for something not too heavy.'

'Oh darling, it is not an ibook, it is only a book.'

Kid Reads "The Little Tibetan Book Of The Dead"

"If I were a dog I'd only be 11."

"Botox? No, I simply stopped smiling when I turned 30."

"We no longer shelve gay fiction separately. It's been assimilated."

'Isn't she a bit young for you?'

Wrong shelf.

"I enjoy younger guys, but they have to be house-broken."

"Actually, I'm sitting here reading a book—just to see if I can still do it."

Blonde woman talking to airport bookshop assistant, 'I'll be spending a lot of time by the pool - do you have anything in pink that would match my bikini?'

"It's your Grandpa's version of keeping up with technology...reading the papers online."

1984: 'I don't know -- probably some historical novel.'