Recommended Gift Books for Christmas
5+ readers
The Bad Mood and the Stick by Lemony Snicket
Richard Scarry's Best Treasury Ever by Richard Scarry
The Happy Christmas by Jenny Colgan
Father Christmas Heard a Parp by Olaf Falafel
Winnie and Wilbur Meet Santa by Valerie Thomas
We Travel So Far by Laura Knowles
A Thousand Billion Things (and Some Sheep) by Loic Clement
Christmas with Princess Mirror-Belle by Julia Donaldson
One Christmas Wish by Katherine Rundell
Clare and her Captain by Michael Morpurgo
William Bee's Wonderful World of Trains, Boats and Planes by William Bee
Madeline Finn and the Library Dog by Lisa Papp
The Barefoot Book of Children by Tessa Strickland, Kate DePalma
Billy and the Minpins by Roald Dahl
7+ readers
The Lion and the Unicorn and Other Hairy Tales by Jane Ray
Three Cheers for Women! By Marcia Williams
Father Christmas's Fake Beard by Terry Pratchett
Coder Academy Are you ready for the challenge? By Sean McManus
Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam: Jingle Bells! By Tracey Corderoy
National Theatre: Play in a Box by National Theatre
Greatest Magical Stories, chosen by Michael Morpurgo by Michael Morpurgo
The Royal Rabbits of London: Escape From the Tower by Santa Montefiore, Simon Sebag Montefiore
A World Full of Animal Stories by Angela Mcallister
This Cookbook is Gross by Susanna Tee
The Racehorse Who Disappeared by Clare Balding
Optical Illusions by Gianni Sarcone, Marie-Jo Waeber
The Nutcracker by Jessica Courtney-Tickle
A Kitten Called Holly by Helen Peters
The Greatest Magician in the World by Matt Edmondson
Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne
Egyptomania by Emma Giuliani, Carole Saturno
The Accidental Father Christmas by Tom McLaughlin
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
9+ readers
A World of Cities by Lily Murray
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Getaway by Jeff Kinney
Magnificent Birds by Narisa Togo
Good Dog McTavish by Meg Rosoff
Norse Myths by Kevin Crossley-Holland
The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane, Jackie Morris
Scientist Academy by Steve Martin
Dork Diaries: Crush Catastrophe by Rachel Renee Russell
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling
Matt Millz by Harry Hill
The Land of Neverendings by Kate Saunders
Father Christmas and Me by Matt Haig
Laugh Out Loud by James Patterson
The Dollmaker of Krakow by R. M. Romero
Colin Furze: This Book Isn't Safe! By Colin Furze
Goth Girl and the Sinister Symphony by Chris Riddell
Killing Ground by Tom Palmer
The Adventures of John Blake: Mystery of the Ghost Ship byPhilip Pullman
11+ readers
This is Not Another Maths Book by Anna Weltman
Magnus Chase and the Ship of the Dead by Rick Riordan
Illegal by Eoin Colfer, Andrew Donkin
La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Volume One by Philip Pullman
Return to the Jungle by Bear Grylls
Kick by Mitch Johnson
A Skinful of Shadows by Frances Hardinge