Christmas recommendations 2020
Christmas Gift Books
Baby loves Earth: An ABC of our Planet, Jennifer Eckford, illus Teresa Bellon, Frances Lincoln Children’s Books, 978-0711253193, £8.99 board book
Where Are You Tiger?, Eco Baby DK, 978-0241440254, £7.99 board book
Honey for You, Honey for Me, A First Book of Nursery Rhymes, Michael Rosen, illus Chris Riddell, Walker Books, 978-1406374636, £14.99 hbk
Treasury of Nursery Rhymes & Poems, Frann Preston-Gannon, Nosy Crow, 978-1788008433, £14.99 hbk
Slow Down, Rachel Williams, illus Freya Hartas, Magic Cat Publishing, 978-1916180512, £16.99 hbk
Rain Before Rainbows, Smriti Halls, illus David Litchfield, Walker Books, 978-1406382358, £12.99 hbk
Dog Gone, Rob Biddulph, HarperCollins Children’s Books, 978-0008317928, £12.99 hbk
A Story About Afiya, James Berry, illus Anna Cunha, Lantana, 978-1911373339, £14.47
A Thing Called Snow, Yuval Zommer, OUP, 978-0192769824, £12.99 hbk
Santa Post, Emma Yarlett, Walker Books, 978-1406392197, £12.99 hbk
Dogger’s Christmas, Shirley Hughes, Bodley Head, 978-1782300809, £12.99 hbk
Where Snow Angels Go, Maggie O’Farrell, illus Daniela Jaglenka Terrazzini, 978-1406391992, £14.99 hbk
A Fairy Tale Revolution Hansel and Greta, Jeanette Winterson, illus Laura Barrett, Vintage Children’s Classics, 978-1784876333, £12.99 hbk
A Fairy Tale Revolution Blueblood, Malorie Blackman, illus Laura Barrett, Vintage Children’s Classics, 978-1784876418, £12.99 hbk
A Fairy Tale Revolution Duckling, Kamila Shamsie, illus Laura Barrett, Vintage Children’s Classics, 978-1784876319, £12.99 hbk
A Fairy Tale Revolution Cinderella Liberator, Rebecca Solnit, illus Arthur Rackham, Vintage Children’s Classics, 978-1784876197, £12.99 hbk
Starbird, Sharon King-Chai, Two Hoots, 978-1509899562, £12.99 hbk
Marshmallow Pie, The Cat Superstar, Clara Vulliamy, HarperCollins Children’s Books, 978-0008355852, £6.99 pbk
Claude at the Palace, Alex T Smith, Hodder Children’s Books, 978-1444932003, £8.99 hbk
The Hat Full of Secrets, Karl Newson, illus Wazza Pink, Stripes, 978-1788950763, £7.99 pbk
The Wizard in My Shed, Simon Farnaby, illus Claire Powell, Hodder Children’s Books, 978-1444957617, £12.99 hbk
A Christmas in Time, Sally Nicholls, Nosy Crow, 978-1788007337, £6.99 pbk
The Book of Hopes, ed Katherine Rundell, Bloomsbury, 978-1526629883, £12.99 hbk
Timelines from Black History, DK, Mireille Harper, 978-0241503614, £12.99 hbk
Kay’s Anatomy : A Complete (and Completely Disgusting) Guide to the Human Body, Adam Kay, Puffin, 978-0241452912, £14.99 hbk
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Books of the Year booklist
When Stars are Scattered, Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed, Faber, 978-0571363858, £9.99 pbk
The Space We’re In, Katya Balen, illus by Laura Carlin, 978-1526601971, £6.99 pbk
The Children of Swallow Fell, Julia Green, OUP, 978-0192771582, £6.99 pbk
My Footprints, Bao Phi & Basia Tran, Raintree, 978-1474762434, £6.99 pbk
Plenty of Hugs, Fran Manushkin & Kate Alizadeh, Dial Books, 978-0525554011, £13.99 hbk
Julian at the Wedding by Jessica Love, Walker Books, 978-1406397482, £12.99 hbk
Nothing Ever Happens Here, Sarah Hagger-Holt, Usborne, 978-1474966238, £7.99
Hark by John R Gordon, Team Angelica Publishing, 978-1916356115, £10.99
Where is Lenny?, Ken Wilson-Max, Alanna Max, 978-1907825231, £7.99 hbk
Lenny and Wilbur, Ken Wilson-Max, Alanna Max, 978-1907825248, £9.99 hbk
Eight Pieces of Silva by Patrice Lawrence (Hachette)
Break the Mould, Sinéad Burke, Wren & Rook, 978-1526363336, £8.99 pbk
Punching the Air, Ibi Zoboi with Yusef Salaam, HarperCollins, 978-0008422141, £7.99 pbk
She Will Soar: Bright, brave poems about freedom by women, ed Ana Sampson, 978-1529040043, £14.99 hbk
The Book of Not Entirely Useful Advice
Chinglish, Sue Cheung, Andersen Press, 978-1783448395, £7.99 pbk
The Short Knife, Elen Caldecott, Andersen Press, 978-1783449798, £12.99 hbk
The Midnight Guardians, Ross Montgomery, Walker Books, 978-1406391183, £7.99 pbk
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Beyond the Secret Garden Tidings of Comfort and Joy
Zombierella, Joseph Coelho, illus Freya Hartas, Walker Books, 978-1406389661, £7.99
Cinderella is Dead, Kalynn Bayron, Bloomsbury, 978-1526621979, £7.99 pbk
The Challenger, Taran Matharu, Hodder Children’s Books, 978-1444938999, £12.99 hbk
Moonchild: Voyage of the Lost and Found, Aisha Busbhy, Egmont, 978-1405293211, £6.99 pbk
Thank You, Joseph Coelho, illus Sam Usher, Frances Lincoln, 978-0711262034, £6.99 pbk
Sona Sharma, Very Best Big Sister, Chitra Soundar, illus Jen Khatun, Walker, 978-1406391756, £5.99 pbk
The Story of the Windrush, K. N. Chimbiri, Scholastic, 978-0702307133, £6.99 pbk
The History of African and Caribbean Communities in Britain, Hakim Adi, Wayland, 978-1526317971, £8.99 pbk
Coming to England, Floella Benjamin, illus Diane Ewen, Macmillan Children’s Books, 978-1529009415, £12.99 hbk
Journeys: The Story of Migration to Britain, Dan Lyndon-Cohen, Rising Stars, 978-1510452381, £7.50
When Life Gives You Mangoes, Kereen Getten, Pushkin, 978-1782692645, £7.99 pbk
Boy Everywhere, A M Dassau, Old Barn Books, 978-1910646649, £7.99 pbk
The Boy Who Loved Everyone, Jane Porter, illus Maisie Paradise Shearring, Walker Books, 978-1406392876, £7.99 pbk
A Thousand Questions, Saadia Faruqi, Quill Tree, 978-0062943200, £12.99 hbk
