Books as Presents

We've just had a farewell for a colleague who is taking leave to have a baby, and a number of her presents were books. This is hardly surprising as she works in a writing and publishing degree. I got her one of those baby record books where you record the baby's first smile, first steps etc. It has a lovely Australian flavour being decorated with May Gibbs's gumnut babies, who I think are called Snugglepot and Cuddlepie. The whole thing is a soft green and beautifully illustrated with a slightly padded cover. This lovely object suggests to me that the print book will never go out of fashion.