Today at The Happy Booker, Wendi Kaufman recommends some good book-related causes that can use your dough this holiday season.

And I’d like to remind you again about Kiva, where your $25 can go a long way toward helping an entrepreneur in a developing country. I blogged about it in detail here. If you’re a West-Coaster, you might be interested to know that many of the microlenders are from the Bay Area, as well as from sisterly cities like Seattle and Portland.