Here is the Wordcandy stocking stuffer of choice: a new, gorgeously illustrated version of our personal bible, Strunk and White's The Elements of Style:


Is it not awesome? This elegant $15 paperback features fresh artwork by Maira Kalman, plus all of Strunk and White's timelessly snippy advice on grammar and style. How could anyone fail to appreciate a book that includes a line like this one?

"Rather, very, little, pretty — these are the leeches that infest of the pond of prose, sucking the blood of words."

Love!