It's my birthday too, yeah!March is birthday month at our house. Each year I give my children a book each for their birthdays. I write a note on the inside cover, noting their age and the date and why I thought this particular book was fitting for them at this time in their lives. Each time I do I wonder: where will this book end up? What other children will read my note and wonder about this special child?
We have a few books with notes written inside the cover or in the margin. Some are simply the owner's name and address, others are inscriptions. There's something in reading another person's thoughts in a book - almost a connection through time and space.
Some books I've bought for others: Jenny Goes to Sea by Esther Averill; Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz; La Belle Figura: A Field Guide to the Italian Mind by Beppe Severgnini; Girl Meets God: on the Path to a Spiritual Life by Lauren F. Winner; Maritime Supremacy & the Opening of the Western Mind: Naval Campaigns That Shaped the Modern World by Peter Padfield
