For when you want to spend a little more and give something that lasts, this is the shelf of the bigger book gift: the boxed sets and keepsake collections that run past about twenty-five dollars. There is an enormous range here on purpose, from a glowing keepsake for a brand-new baby all the way up to a fat seven-book fantasy set for a twelve-year-old who reads under the covers. Any one of these is a complete gift by itself, so you are not building a collection, you are picking the single right gift for the child in front of you and your budget. Every book is graded honestly, so before you wrap the big fantasy sets you know exactly what is inside them.
Browse by the age of the child you are buying for and how much you want to spend. It runs youngest to oldest so you can find your spot. On the Night You Were Born is the glowing keepsake for a baby or a christening, the one a godparent inscribes on the first page. Winnie-the-Pooh: The Complete Collection is the gentle heirloom to grow up with, all the stories and poems in one handsome book, and a safe, lovely default if you are not sure. The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter is the other nursery treasury, sharper than it looks. The Boxcar Children bookcase is twelve cozy mysteries for a newly independent reader on a happy binge. Then the three big fantasy boxed sets for a fluent older child: Percy Jackson's five books of Greek-myth adventure, Harry Potter's whole seven-book run, and all seven of Narnia. The older the child and the bigger the budget, the further right you go, and any one of them is a generous gift on its own.