…in my mailbox. When we moved, I stopped getting many of the catalogs that used to cram my mailbox. Most of those were unsolicited and not missed, but I realized not too long ago that I was really missing one: Chinaberry. What? You don’t know about Chinaberry? It is only the most fabulous book catalog available!

Yesterday I found the winter edition of the familiar Chinaberry catalog in my mailbox and promptly sat down to devour it. Chinaberry offers – I think – some of the best books out there in bookland. Quality stuff. Seriously; if I won the lottery (if I played the lottery) I think I’d order one of everything from Chinaberry. But it’s not just about the quality of the books they sell – it’s the warmth and personality of the catalog itself. The books are categorized into appropriate age levels and each catalog entry comes with a thorough review, so that I can tell right away if it’s something that my kids would like (it usually is – remember, this is good stuff). They also carry a small assortment of really good adult books, with those same thorough reviews. My favorite part of the Chinaberry catalog though is their audio collection. They have some of our favorite books on CD and carry the works of the fabulous Jim Weiss and Odds Bodkins.

The catalog (and then some) is online, but I love to have the paper version to flip through. Are you convinced yet? You can request a catalog of your own, here. Or if you’re shopping for the holidays online, check out their sale page – there are lots of good books available.