Livre d'Or

I think browsing a bookshop and picking what seems awesome is a good idea, and if I flicked through some books I could work out whether they're things I want to be gifting and potentially reading aloud. The problem is that the only bookshop within 5 miles of here is a small campus Blackwells, which does have one or two children's books but not really a selection. And obviously Cambridge has children's Heffers, which would be a lovely place to spend an hour or an afternoon and some serious money, but I am not at all sure I'm going to have time between now and Andreas' birthday to do that.

I'm somewhat leaning towards getting something that I loved myself, that feels right as a present, as long as I can find something that's not so obvious that all bookish parents my age already have it.