Woman's Weekly

Best book gifts for Children

There’s nothing nicer than giving a child a book for Christmas. – it’s like feeding their imagination. Whether it introduces them to magical new worlds and fabulous characters or sparks a new passion, they’ll be happily absorbed for hours.

For younger readers

The Goody

by Lauren Child (£12.99, HB, Hachette)

We all know the child in the family that’s the ‘good one’, who does everything they’re told. But what would happen if that child decided they didn’t want to be the good one? Chirton tests this theory, this hardback is a treat.

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