Family-focused Reader Gifts

"I'm voting for Stephen because I cannot stand Katie's mother, she is so catty! Anyway-- how're your parents doing with the divorce?"

'And the cat is due back in 2 weeks.'

Multi-Generational Books

'It's baseball season!'

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

"Anything interesting happen over the weekend, Frank?"

Dummies for Dummies.

'My mom says we're expecting a house guest for 18 years.'

Inbox and outbox for books

Proud Mum.

"Please continue as a lab rat, we have five mouths to feed!"

Books-CDs-Tapes.

"I've spent so much time with my family that I've started to lose sight of what really matters."

"Another problem is that I haven't had dinner with my family for a week."

'Soon he will stop asking where he came from and start telling you where he is going.'

"Let me tell you what it's like to be seven in this city."

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

'... and then Peter was Mr. McGregor...'

"Last, but not least, give my child a seat by the window so I can see her on my drone camera."

"That story had an engaging plot, but 'lived happily ever after' is an unsatisfying denouement."

First library card

Mr. Ralph Nickleby's 'honest' composure

Silly me: I'm holding my book the right way up...

"So...what do you think of babies?"

"I thought we had the sort of relationship where 'please' and 'thank you' were implicit."

The incredible Journey to the Centre of the Earth

"Dad, I need to dip into my college fund."

"Yes, we're osbourne rich, but, no, we're not Olsen twin rich."

"No darling, a 'wolf whistle' is never a good sign, it's always predatory behaviour, even if it's not from an actual wolf..."

'Back home! Now I can get on with my holiday reading.'

Praying mantis rock band sings about dysfunctional family.