Use a Book in Place of a Children's Birthday Card
by Michelle Woo on Offspring, shared by Michelle Woo from Lifehacker on (#4G8A1)

When it comes time to open a birthday gift, kids care about the card as much as they care about the nutritional values on the side of their box of Cap'n Crunch. It usually gets tossed aside, the message lost in a mountain of discarded wrapping paper.