Local entrepreneurs make book baskets for kids

Sisters Patricia Anderson and Christine DiPaola, freely admit they were book worms as children. In fact, they never outgrew their love of reading. Now they have turned their lifelong passion into a business. As co-owners of Baby Book Worm, Book Baskets for Kids, they create gift baskets that combine children's books with toys.

The women are delighted to be working together. Both are Navy wives who have followed their husbands around the country and only now have ended up in the same place at the same time. Ms. DiPaola is a St. Margarets resident and Ms. Anderson lives in Severna Park. Both teach at Shipley's Choice Elementary...