Books for Giving, Christmas 2016: the Book List

Books for Giving, Christmas 2016: the Book List

A Christmas Carol: Charles Dickens , illus Alan Marks. Usborne 978-1-40958-396-7 £12.99, hdbk

Elmer’s Christmas: David McKee, Andersen Press, 978-1-78344-466-3 £6.99, board

The Queen’s Present: Steve Antony, Hodder Childrens, 978-1-444-92563-0, £11.99, hdbk

Ollie’s Christmas Reindeer: Nicola Killen, Simon and  Schuster, 978-085707-601-4, £6.99, pbk

Winnie and Wilbur meet Santa: Valerie Thomas and Korky Paul, Oxford, 978-0-19-274737-2 £12.99, hdbk

The Mouse that cancelled Christmas: Melanie Cook, illus. Samara Hardy, Oxford, 978-0-19-274429-6, £6.99, pbk

Santa Claude : Alex T. Smith, Hodder Childrens, 978-1-444-92649-1,£8.99, hdbk

Can you keep a straight face?  Élisa Géhin, illus. Bernard Duisit, Thames & Hudson, £8.95, board

One cheetah, one cherry: A book of beautiful numbers: Jackie Morris, Otter-Barry Books, 978-1-91095-928-2, £12.99, hdbk

Some Birds: Matt Spink, David Fickling Books, 978-1-910200-66-7, £11.99, hdbk

A Dot in the snow: Corinne Averiss, illus. Fiona Woodcock, Oxford, 978-0-19-274426-5, £11.99, hdbk

The Liszts: Kyo Maclear, illus. Júlia Sardà, Andersen Press, 978-1-78344-515-8, £12.99, hdbk

A Bottle of Happiness: Pippa Goodheart, illus.Ehsan Abdollahi, Tiny Owl, 978-1-910328-20-0, £12.99, hdbk

A day with dogs: Dorothée de Monfreid, Gecko Press, 978-1-776570-98-0, £10.99, hdbk

A year full of stories: Angela McAllister illus. Christopher Corr, Frances Lincoln 978-1-84780-859-2 £12.99, hdbk

Winter Magic: ed. Abi Elphinstone, Simon and Schuster, 978-1-4711-5980-0, £9.99, hdbk

I’ll be home for Christmas.  (Cover illus. William Grill), Stripes, 978-1-84715-772-0, £7.99, pbk

The Royal Rabbits of London: Santa Montefiore /Simon Sebag Montefiore, illus. Kate Hindley, Simon and Schuster, 978-1-4711-5786-8, £10.99, hdbk

The Cat and the King: Nick Sharratt, Alison Green Books, 978-1-407135-08-3, £10.99, hbbk

The story of the seagull and the cat who taught her to fly: Luis Sepúlveda, illus. Satoshi Kitamura, trans. Margaret Sayers Peden, Alma, 978-1-84688-400-9 £7.99, pbk

Finding Black Beauty: Lou Kuenzler, Scholastic, 978-1-407174-48-8, £8.99, hdbk

The song from Somewhere Else: A. F. Harrold, illus. Levi Penfold, Bloomsbury, 978-1-4088-5336-8, £12.99, hdbk

Black Light Express: Philip Reeve , Oxford, 978-019-274478-4, £10.99, hdbk

The King’s Revenge: Philip Womack, Troika Books, 978-1-909991-30-9, £6.99, pbk

[ The Darkening Path: The Broken King 978-1-90999-100-2,The King’s Shadow 978-190999-112-5 ]

Reckless: Cornelia Funke Pushkin Press

The Petrified Flesh 978-1-78269-124-2, £7.99 pbk, Living Shadows 978-1-78269-125-9, £7.99 pbk, The Golden Yarn 978-1-78269-126-6, £7.99 pbk

A poem for every night of the year ed. Allie Esiri, Macmillan, 978-1-5098-1313-1, £16.99, hdbk

Emily Dickinson: ed. Susan Snively, illus. Christine Davenier, Quarto, 978-1-63322-117-8,£9.99, hdbk

Wild Animals of the North: Dieter Braun, Flying Eye, 978-1-909263-96-3, £20, hdbk

Magnificent Creatures: Animals on the move: Anna Wright, Faber & Faber, 978-0-571-33068-3, £12.99, hdbk

A First Book of Animals: Nicola Davies, illus. Petr Horáček, Walker , 978-1-4063-5963-3, £14.99, hdbk

Story Worlds: Nature: Thomas Hegbrook, 360 Degrees, 978-1-84857-480-9, £17.99, hdbk

Midnight Creatures: Helen Friel, LaurenceKing, 978-1-78067-821-4

Bake me a story: Nadiya Hussain, Hodder Children’s, 978-1-44493-327-7, £14.99, hdbk

Vincent’s Starry Night and other stories : Michael Bird, illus. Kate Evans, LaurenceKing, 978-1-78-67-614-2, £19.95, hdbk

Pierre, The maze detective and the great colouring adventure: Hiro Kamigaki &IC4Design, LaurenceKing, 978-1-78067-789-7, £8.95, pbk

Draw it, colour it: Beasts: Macmllan Children’s Books, 978-1-5098-1047-5, £10, pbk

The adventures of King Rollo: David McKee. Andersen Press, 978-1-78344-468-7, £12.99 boxed set hdbk.

The best bear in all the world: A collection of four stories inspired by A.A. Milne and E. H. Shepard with decorations by Mark Burgess. Egmont, 978-1-4052-8190-4, £14.99, hdbk

Winnie-the-Pooh. Classic Collection: A.A. Milne, illus. E.H. Shepard, Egmont 978-1-4052-8433-2, £35, boxed set 4 pbk

The Velveteen Rabbit: Margery Williams, illus.Sarah Massini, Nosy Crow, 978-0-85763-696-6, £14.99, hdbk

Odd and the Frost Giants: Neil Gaiman, illus. Chris Riddell, Bloomsbury, 978-1-4088-7060-0, £14.99, hdbk