Read, Write, Repeat.

Books are my all-time favorite holiday gift, but I also like things that are book-related.

That’s where the American Library Association (ALA) Store comes in. They have a paper catalog, or you can visit them online. They carry all the cool reading posters you see in libraries, plus reading and book-related clothing, prizes and stocking stuffers.

Their obvious audiences are librarians and teachers. I’m not either of those things, but I still love their site. In fact, the two posters on my office wall, came from them.

The first one, shown at the left, is by noted children’s illustrator Kadir Nelson. He is a two-time Caldecott Honor Award winner, and he also won the 2009 Coretta Scott King Author Award and the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award for We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball (Jump at the Sun, 2008).

Below to the right, is one by illustrator Rosalind Beardshaw. She’s written and illustrated several children’s books. This poster comes from a picture book called Lola at the Library (Charlesbridge Publishing, 2006) written by Anna McQuinn.

What I like most about the ALA Store is that they have something for everyone. They feature the work of a wide variety of authors and illustrators plus celebrities. Whether you like “House” or The Disney Channel, “High School Musical” or ”The Hobbit,” The Food Network or the NBA, you’ll find something for you.

And their products are wonderfully diverse — both in the people they feature and the languages that are available —  showing, without a doubt, that books are for everyone.

Visit their site as part of your holiday shopping.

What books or book-related items are you planning to give this year?