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GOODNIGHT, MOON (hard cover book
with a pair of wearable, mouse-
bedecked, striped baby slippers), by
Margaret Wise Brown, $19.95.
Timeless is the adjective always
applied to this sure-thing gift.
(Caveat: Most newborns get this as a
gift, so check first!)

MY LITTLE LIBRARY OF CLASSIC
NURSERY RHYMES (16 miniature,

hard-covers), $12.95.

ROCKIN' RHYTHM BAND BOARD
BOOKS (choice of 4), Scholastic, $7.95
per title. Each charming board book
has a built-in instrument. Select from
bell, drum, maraca or tambourine.

BORENSTEINS BOOK & MUSIC STORE,
25242 Greenfield Rd., Oak Park,
(248) 967-3920.
Year-round favorite gift ideas for the
student on your list include an easy-to-
understand, The Jewish. Children's Bible Set,
hardcover, $94.99, individually available
at $18.95 per volume. Also available
are Ten Traditional Jewish Children's Stories,
or Ten Classic Jewish. Children's Stories. A
perennial favorite, according to proprietor
Avram Borenstein is The Animated

Menorah: Travels on a Space Dreidel,
by Rony Olen and Ephraim Sidon.

For Home And Hound

A TISKET A TASKET, 31101

Westwood Road, Farmington Hills,
(248) 661-4789.
The gift baskets at A Tisket A Tasket
always have "style," according to
owner Barbara Kaplan. The friendly
staff will help you create a special gift,
and they'll do it your way.
With flair and imagination, A Tisket A
Tasket customizes your basket from
the ground up. They send baskets of
cheer, get well wishes, holiday greet-
ings, new baby and new home baskets,
hotel welcome baskets and more. It's a
one-stop gift source for any occasion.

BOGARTS, 1.21 E. Third St., Rochester,
(248) 608-9008 or
www.bogartsgifts.com .
The Bogarts showroom in downtown
Rochester is an unexpected visual treat.
Diana and Leslie Fisher, a mother/daugh-
ter team, create an imaginative environ-
ment with dramatic displays. The basket
and gift studio offers art objects, gourmet

foods, wine and a variety of gift items, all
packaged beautifully and wrapped up in
beribboned baskets.

COLORWORKS STUDIO OF DESIGN,
32506 Northwestern Hwy.,
Farmington Hills, (248) 851-7540.
Owner Barbie Krass and her staff will
assemble a decorative, but useful, gift
basket of home accessories certain to
please. One grouping might include
artsy candles, a picture frame and an
ornamental pillow. A "dining basket"
could contain a mug set, salt and pepper
shakers and a beautiful hand-painted
piece by artisans Klein-Reid or Jonathan
Adler. You tell her about the recipient,
she'll walk you through the possibilities.
Prices depend on choices, of course.

MICHIGANIA, (800) 533-9553.
Although the Birmingham location is
now closed, Lansing-based Michigania
does a brisk phone, fax and Internet
(Michigania.com ) business and deliv-
ers to all 48 contiguous United States.
If you're shopping for a homeowner,
. you might purchase a basket contain-
ing a Michigan-themed apron, oven
mitt, set of four etched wine glasses
and a Charlevoix-crafted Bullfrog can-
dle, which glows from top to bottom.
Looking for a comfort package for a
pediatric patient? How about a
"Somebody in Michigan Loves You"
beanbag animal, coupled with a
Michigan T-shirt, some Petoskey stones
and the adorable alphabet rhymes M Is
For Mitten, by author Annie Appleford.
Prices dependent on choices. The
children's basket is approximately $45.

THREE DOG BAKERY, 223 E. Maple,
Birmingham, (248) 723-1582, or 413
Main St., Rochester, (248) 608-8877.
It goes without saying that the fam-
ily pooch is often the king or queen of
the household — especially in a Jewish
home, right? Owners Diane Rogers-
Gorges and Nora Potthoff allow you
to pamper your pet with a standard
gift set including bandanas, treats and
balls. The Chanukah "stocking" is
shaped like a paw and contains meno-
rah and dreidel edibles. The packag-
ing, of course, is in blue and gold
A shrink-wrapped basket might
contain an "I Dig My Dog" T-shirt,
canine bookmark and hand-dipped
peanut cookies.
Call for special seasonal offerings.

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