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A Star Danced Onesie

“…there was a star danced, and under that was I born.”- Shakespeare. 3-6 month onesie.

Adventures in Wonderland: Alice's Tea Party + Cocktails

Throw an Alice celebration with themed menus and all the trimmings from this party-planner-in-a-box. Whether you plan to go full Mad Hatter or just pour a cocktail from a china teapot, you’ll find recipes for cocktails and food, ideas for invitations, favors, dress, décor, a playlist, and more.

Agatha Christie Bingo

Follow the trails of murder, blackmail, and mystery created by the Queen of Crime. Travel down the Nile, on the Orient Express, and into the drawing rooms of quaint English country cottages hot on the heels of Poirot, Miss Marple, and other famous characters while you play this traditional bingo game that features 64 characters and clues from Agatha Christie's novels.

Alphabet ABC Go Fish and Cardholders for Little Hands

Based on the classic game, this is a fun way for children to learn and practice the alphabet, both lower- and upper-case letters. And to make playing cards more fun and less frustrating for young players, we’ve included two card holders to help small hands hold the cards.

Animals of the World 100-Piece Puzzle

This detailed puzzle for ages five and up comes with a poster of the image to use as a guide while working the puzzle and an educational booklet to use as a “seek and find” tool to learn about each animal. For ages 5 and up.

Baby Lit Collection

Introduce young ones (ages birth and up) to a world of literature with these cheerful, colorful, and humorous board books, bundled together in an I Love Books canvas tote. The ten books include four classics from the wildly popular Baby Lit series, two volumes from Baby Lit Shakespeare, and four from Baby Lit Little Poets.

Baby Lit Shakespeare

Introduce Shakespeare to your favorite young one with these cheerful, colorful, and humorous board books, two favorites from the witty and whimsical Baby Lit series: A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Fairies Primer and Romeo & Juliet: A Counting Primer.

Baby's First Books

Four board books with padded covers are ideal for babies and toddlers. The set includes: First 100 Words, First 100 Animals, Numbers Colors Shapes, and First 100 Trucks. Each book is illustrated with engaging photos, not drawings.

Banned Books Socks

These unisex cotton blend socks are “mismatched.” On one sock are printed the titles of 50 famous banned books and the other sock lists the same titles, only redacted with a black bar. Available in Small and Large size.

Beehive Mancala

This strategy game for ages six and up was developed by a beekeeper at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. The object of the game is to buzz bees to flowers to collect pollen and then back to the hive to make honey for the colony.

Bloomsbury Homes Cards

British artist Amanda White has produced a series of notecards featuring cut paper collages of historic houses of writers and poets. This set of eight cards features two pivotal figures of the Bloomsbury Group, artist Vanessa Bell and her sister, the writer Virginia Woolf, at their respective homes in the English countryside.

Booklover's Cocktail Napkins

Designed with book clubs in mind, but also the perfect gift for any bibliophile, teacher, or librarian. Packaged with 25 or 100 or 250 napkins.

Booklover’s Holiday Advent Calendar

Build-Your-Own-Kaleidoscope

This STEM kit is an exciting two-part project for a young artist/scientist, age seven and older. Step-by-step instructions show how to construct a working kaleidoscope, which is then used create an impressive outer-space-themed light show. The instructions are illustrated, detailed, straightforward, and easy to follow.

Canterbury Cathedral Silk Chiffon Scarf

The flower motifs on this beautiful scarf are taken from 14th-century medieval French Lady's Book of Hours, housed in the Canterbury Cathedral Library. The colors are bright and clear but because the scarf is chiffon, have a certain transparency.

Canterbury Tales Mug

These heirloom quality bone china mugs are decorated with characters from some of The Canterbury Tales' best-loved stories. The central characters are drawn in witty detail on the mug and are each depicted with significant details, from a chanticleer and fox to a tub and hay wagon.

Card Catalog Notecards

Evoking memories of wooden card catalogs, this replica cardboard box includes 30 flat notecards and envelopes. The front of each card is a reproduction of an original from the Library of Congress and features a different classic work of literature.

Classic Books Wrapping Paper

Printed in rich colors and detailed with metallic gold ink accents, the design incorporates beautifully bound antique book spines; acid free and therefore also suitable for bookbinding, scrapbooking, and other creative projects. Imported from Italy.

Classic Calligraphy Set

This 32-piece calligraphy set is appropriate for both beginning and more advanced calligraphers. The set includes four refillable pens, five classic nibs, 20 ink cartridges in seven different colors, an introduction booklet, and an exercise booklet, all is packaged in an attractive gift tin.

Classic French Notebooks

Walk into any stationery shop in France and you’ll see an extensive array of these beloved notebooks. This is the basic model: versatile A5 size with a stapled spine. Pages are smooth ivory French-milled 90g paper, ruled, acid-free and pH neutral, fountain pen- and marker-friendly. Six colors.

Classic Kaweco Sport Fountain Pen

“...I love its precision, its modesty, its clarity and its minimal fuss. This is the cheaper, more practical version of a Mercedes.”

Classic Laid Note Card Presentation Box

Fifty classic pale blue note cards and tissue-lined envelopes. Made in Belgium by a company founded in 1870 and produced with the same quality and attention to detail that has made the line a staple of every fine social paper department in Europe.

Cluny Tapestry Silk Chiffon Scarf

The design of this scarf is based on imagery of the six Lady and Unicorn tapestries in the Musée de Cluny, Paris, thought to represent a meditation on earthly pleasures. The hems are hand rolled and sewn, not stitched; the scarf is large enough to wear as a light shawl.

Collective Noun Animals Tea Towel

A prickle of hedgehogs, a parliament of owls, a circus of otters, and more on a hand-screened tea towel featuring 15 wonderfully evocative collective nouns, illustrated.

Collective Noun Animals Tea Towel #2

A hum of bumblebees, a piddle of puppies, a pounce of cats, a drift of sheep, and more, on a hand-screened unbleached cotton tea towel featuring 15 wonderfully evocative nouns, illustrated.

Collective Noun Birds Tea Towel

A chime of wrens, a bouquet of pheasants, a charm of goldfinches, and more on a hand-screened tea towel featuring 15 wonderfully evocative collective nouns, illustrated.

Color Magic Bath Book and Bath Shapes

Black and white illustrations of bugs magically turn bright and colorful the minute this bath book touches water. We’ve paired the book with 20 soft, stickable foam shapes of insects that adhere to tub and tile when wet. A mesh storage bag with suction cups is included.

County Library: We Want One Paperweight

This handsome glass paperweight reproduces a 1928 photograph now in the collection of the Library of Congress. The photo captures the longing (and firm demand) of a rural community for a permanent library, and memorializes early bookmobiles and their mission to provide for them.

Cressida Bell Bloomsbury Silk Chiffon Scarf

The design on this aqua and coral silk chiffon scarf was created by the contemporary artist Cressida Bell and reflects the influence of her well-known Bloomsbury Group forebears (Quentin Bell was her father, Vanessa Bell her grandmother). It is large enough to be worn as a light shawl.

David Levine Author Mug

Caricatures by world-renowned artist David Levine enriched and enlivened the pages of The New York Review of Books for almost five decades. Thirty-three of Levine’s most arresting and iconic caricatures of authors decorate this heirloom quality bone china mug, including the artist’s self-portrait.

Decoder Jigsaw Puzzle with Eyeglasses Masks

This is a delightful 100-piece puzzle for ages 4+ that comes with a fun payoff: once it is completed, the puzzle workers don the special animal masks to discover hidden objects printed on the puzzle that are invisible to the naked eye.

Edward Gorey Birthday Cake Cards

With a box of these notecards on hand, you’ll always be able to send a sweet birthday greeting. From the bow on the cook's apron to the smile on the clock, every detail comes together happily in this celebratory greeting card. Inside greeting: Happy Birthday!