028.162 -- It's raining books!

TheCalifornian.com recently published an article on the new trend in baby showers for "modern moms." Book showers, wildly popular with those who have experienced them, are popping up all over the country. Pros include a more emotional shower experience as family and friends share special memories of books they loved as a child (or books they loved to read to their child). Cons include a low net number of diapers, bibs and other baby sundries.

So what do you think? Would you throw a book shower? Would you want one?

While you ruminate on the above, here's something to bias your opinion. (If you don't want opinions on books, don't ask a librarian! Hah! :)

From a recent Buffalo News article by columnist Margaret Sullivan,

"Two of the best possible gifts for children, I’m convinced, are the love of reading and the presence of books in the home. This is true now, in the Internet Age, every bit as much as it was in the 1970s when I got to know Hamlet and Macbeth. In fact, it may be more valuable now than ever, since reading develops a child’s attention span, balancing the effects of the fast-flickering digital world that 21st century children increasingly live in. Seeing my own children — both teenagers now — reading for pleasure has been one of the great satisfactions of motherhood for me. That’s because I know it has helped them, making them better students, more informed citizens and more interesting people."

So... books as the it shower gift of the season... yea or nay? I think they sound like a fab idea! Bring on the free books!