What would be a good "american" gift for my chinese professor and family (read details plz)?

Question

tomorrow at 2pm est I have a meeting with my chinese professor, who is from china visiting my campus till mid june. I am going to be studying at her university in china next spring 2009. she has been a very important influence on my decision to study abroad and learn chinese. she has been working very closely with my enterance into university. soo.......

I want to get her and her family (husband and son) some simple gifts that she can take back to china easily. i was wanting to find something that was kind of unique here in the US...here is what i have so far (please tell me what you would give or what you think about what i am thinking).

Professor: US coins from a bank, or US postage stamps (sort of like a picture with like 10different stamps on it)

Her husband: mabye a hat or shirt with something american on it...im from indiana so mabye an indiana or indianapolis logo

Son (who is 2-3yrs old): i was thinking about a small very easy picture book, in english

any better ideas????

Answer 1

I like the idea for the shirt and book for her family.

Well, what does she teach? Maybe you could get her something that relates to that subject. Or maybe one of those little things (I forget the name) where you pull back one of the little silver balls and it makes all the other balls bounce off each other...

(lol, just make sure none of it has atag that says: Made in China)