I have to say, this list is pretty good since I have both read most of these myself as a child, AND read at least half of them to my own children now. Definitely food for the brain this christmas!

	1) The Daring Book for Girls List Price: $24.95 ; Lowest Price: $14.40 new
	2) IlluStory Make Your Own Story Kit List Price: $21.95 ; Lowest Price: Too low to display new
	3) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) List Price: $34.99 ; Lowest Price: $10.50 new
	4) His Dark Materials Trilogy (The Golden Compass; The Subtle Knife; The Amber Spyglass) List Price: $22.50 ; Lowest Price: $13.48 new
	5) Star Wars: A Pop-Up Guide to the Galaxy List Price: $32.99 ; Lowest Price: $19.79 new
	6) Eclipse (Twilight, Book 3) List Price: $18.99 ; Lowest Price: $9.44 new
	7) New Moon (Twilight, Book 2) List Price: $18.99 ; Lowest Price: $10.99 new
	Guinness World Records 2008 (Guinness World Records) List Price: $28.95 ; Lowest Price: $15.74 new
	9) Harry Potter Boxset Books 1-7 List Price: $195.00 ; Lowest Price: $116.99 new
	10) Olivia Helps with Christmas (Olivia Series) List Price: $18.99 ; Lowest Price: $9.94 new
	11) The Alphabet from A to Y With Bonus Letter Z! List Price: $17.95 ; Lowest Price: $9.20 new
	12) Snakehead (Alex Rider Adventure) List Price: $17.99 ; Lowest Price: $10.59 new
	13) Peek-A-Who?: Board book List Price: $6.95 ; Lowest Price: $4.84 new
	14) Harry Potter Paperback Box Set (Books 1-6) List Price: $56.94 ; Lowest Price: $34.16 new
	15) Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Book 1) List Price: $9.99 ; Lowest Price: $4.50 new
	16) Pinkalicious List Price: $16.99 ; Lowest Price: $8.90 new
	17) Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day List Price: $6.99 ; Lowest Price: $2.97 new
	18) Puff, the Magic Dragon List Price: $16.95 ; Lowest Price: $10.38 new
	19) The Invention of Hugo Cabret List Price: $22.99 ; Lowest Price: $12.45 new
	20) Magic Tree House Boxed Set 1, Books 1-4: Dinosaurs Before Dark, The Knight at Dawn, Mummies in the Morning, and Pirates Past Noon List Price: $15.96 ; Lowest Price: $8.68 new
	21) The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian List Price: $16.99 ; Lowest Price: $9.93 new
	22) How to Draw Pokemon List Price: $4.99 ; Lowest Price: $1.89 new
	23) Fancy Nancy List Price: $16.99 ; Lowest Price: $9.58 new
	24) Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? List Price: $7.95 ; Lowest Price: $4.03 new
	25) Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs List Price: $6.99 ; Lowest Price: $3.05 new
	26) Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy (Fancy Nancy) List Price: $16.99 ; Lowest Price: $6.69 new
	27) Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, Volume 1: The Long Way Home List Price: $15.95 ; Lowest Price: $9.29 new
	28) Extras (Uglies) List Price: $16.99 ; Lowest Price: $9.86 new
	29) The Care & Keeping of You: The Body Book for Girls (American Girl Library) List Price: $9.95 ; Lowest Price: $5.17 new
	30) Where the Wild Things Are List Price: $17.95 ; Lowest Price: $9.72 new
	31) Diary of a Wimpy Kid List Price: $12.95 ; Lowest Price: $7.63 new
	32) Harold and the Purple Crayon 50th Anniversary Edition (Purple Crayon Books) List Price: $6.99 ; Lowest Price: $2.97 new
	33) Where the Sidewalk Ends 30th Anniversary Edition: Poems and Drawings List Price: $18.99 ; Lowest Price: $10.89 new
	34) Goodnight Moon List Price: $8.99 ; Lowest Price: $4.76 new
	35) Peter and the Secret of Rundoon (The Starcatchers) List Price: $18.99 ; Lowest Price: $11.56 new
	36) The Very Hungry Caterpillar board book List Price: $10.99 ; Lowest Price: $4.69 new
	37) Kids Are Americans Too List Price: $24.95 ; Lowest Price: $12.29 new
	38) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6) List Price: $9.99 ; Lowest Price: $5.57 new
	39) The Twilight Collection (Twilight) List Price: $55.00 ; Lowest Price: $34.65 new
	40) How To Be The Best At Everything (The Girls’ Book) List Price: $9.99 ; Lowest Price: $5.87 new

I don’t play video games for the most part. I’ve never owned a Nintendo. The last game I was really good at was the original Sonic the Hedgehog, and that was on my friend’s system back in 7th grade. I never wanted my kids to get hooked on video games either. I’ve seen too many spook stories and “Dr’s recommendations” stating that too much tv and gaming destroys a child’s attention span and imagination. Then along came the Wii. When the man of my house set out to buy it, I rolled my eyes, sighed a deep sigh, and ran a mental list of all the other things we could use that money for. Obviously, games were not on the top of my priority list. How was I to know I would LOVE this system??? Well, I do. It’s fun. It’s interactive. It’s certainly NOT the sit-on-your-bum-and-go-braindead kind of game I see too much. I threw my shoulder out while Wii bowling. My 2 sons got so exhausted Wii boxing that they took a nap. The girls got all the games down in minutes flat! The controls are easy. The games are extremely responsive to your actual motions. And best of all, they REQUIRE motion! They encourage teamwork and taking turns! And they wear my kids out! YAY! So now, as I’m planning out my christmas gift list, somehow Wii video games have topped the priority list!

~WC~