The present that my children used until it was destroyed was a tape with me reading the Just So Stories. You can record onto a CD using a computer. (The kids need to be able to replay the recording. This means that you need to use child friendly play back. Fisher Price used to have a child proof tape player. It even survived the milk. They probably have an updated version.)
My children listened to book tapes as they went to sleep. They LOVED the Just So Stories, but I could not find a professional tape of the stories. I gave them the book so they could follow along if they wished.
You could scan family photos and give the children a digital photo album. Be certain to mark the photos so they know who the people are.
You can buy books at a used book store. I think comic books can be a good way to encourage reading. I still have copies of Star Wars and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Encyclopedia Brown books are always good.
There used to be a really neat toy, which had a compass and two lenses. It could be used as a magnifying glass and a low power binoculars. The toy worked sort of like a Transformer toy as you had to manipulate the toy in order to use it. We took these on walks and to zoos.
Kids learn best when they can touch, feel, build, take apart, explore. Buy things that help them do this.
Do not give electronic shooting games to children. Buy games like Legend of Zelda, where you have to explore and solve logic puzzles. If you must buy shooting games, let the targets be ducks. If you think shooting electronic ducks is evil, then you certainly should not be shooting electronic people.
REMEMBER THAT KIDS BREAK THINGS. Do not give them expensive electronics.
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