Birthday Books

Birthday Books.

Millions, millions and millions of books are sold each year as birthday presents!

The perfect birthday book focuses on the honoree's particular interest, hobby, sport, collectibles, etc.

Often the national bestseller is a safe choice, but if you want to pick a specific theme, you will need to follow some guidelines for choices.

For hobbies select expert or how-to books. For sports select rules, history or biographies.

For enthusiasts, such as bird-watchers, select expert reference books that are light-weight for tavel.

One of the most favorite ideas is to select a book for your gift basket. Gift baskets usually follow a theme, so finding the perfect book for a theme has never been easier.

Some thoughts...

Inspiration may come from the Honoree.

Find out what they are reading now. If you are in the person's home, scan bookshelves to get an idea of their interests.

Do they collect cookbooks? Do they like how-to books? What is the person's hobby or favorite sport? Which authors does he or she admire?

If you are near a public library, go to the index files and look up the person's hobby, sport, etc. for ideas. Familiarize yourself with the layout of the library and be aware of the filing system to find suitable titles.

How to locate a book in library or book store.

It's called the Dewey Decimal System - this is how books are categorized and filed on the shelves.

If you are looking for a birthday book, save yourself some time by getting familiar with this system.

Libraries and most book stores group books according to the Dewey Decimal System, which has ten main classes or categories for books. Each category is further divided into subcategories and so on. The categories are:

000 � Computer science, information, and general works

100 � Philosophy and psychology

200 � Religion

300 � Social sciences

400 � Languages

500 � Science

600 � Technology applied science

700 � Arts and recreation

800 � Literature

900 � History and geography and biography

Books for Gift Baskets

Books make a wonderful addition to all gift baskets. Please see this site for free instructions on how to make a perfect birthday gift basket with titles of some interesting choices for the honoree.

Click here for free instructions and ideas for gift baskets.

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