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November 7, 2025/in Other Articles /by Andrea Reece
This article is featured in Bfk 274 September 2025
This article is in the Other Articles Category

The BfK Christmas Shopping List 2025

Author: Various Authors

The Ordinary Life of Jacominus Gainsborough by Rébecca Dautremer, sensitively translated by Charis Ainslie

Mat O’Shanter, Simon Lamb

The Cave Explorer, Kate Winter

Higher Ground Tull Suwannakit

On the Edge, Nicola Garrard

My Name is Jodie Jones, Emma Shevah

La Grande Cradolasse, Beatrice Alemagna, L’ecole des loisirs, 2025

How to Roller Skate with One Leg by Ella Dove

Under the London Sky by Anna Woltz, Rock the Boat, 978-1836430612, £8.99pbk

My Name is Samim, Fidan Meikle

The History of We, Nikkolas Smith

The Doughnut Club, Kristina Rahim

The Strange Disappearance of Imogen Good, Kirsty Applebaum

My Soul A Shining Tree, Jamila Gavin

The Beck, Anthony McGowan, Barrington Stoke,

Busy Pride, illus Tommy Doyle, Campbell Books, 978-1035055357, £7.99

Great-Aunt Margot and Me, Bryher Mackenzie & Rhiannon Archard, Andersen Press, 978-1839132773, £12.99

When Will My Woodlouse Wake Up?, Sarah Tagholm and Manu Montoya

Dance of Resistance by Catherine Johnson Barrington Stoke

Nate Yu’s Blast from the Past, Maisie Chan

Kings of This World, Elizabeth Knox, Allen & Unwin

When The Storm Comes, Polly Ho-Yen

A Welly full of Christmas, Attie Lime

Boing, A Bouncy Book of Bugs, James Carter, illus Neal Layton

The Poetry World of John Agard, John Agard, Otter-Barry Books

A.F. Harrold’s Pocket Book of Pocket Poems

A Poem for Every Question, Brian Bilston, illus Joe Berger

On Poetry Street, Brian Moses

All Together Now, Michaela Morgan, illus Nick Sharratt

Out of this World, Michael Rosen, illus Ed Vere, HarperCollins Children’s Books, 978-0008509828, £7.99pbk

Poems from a Witch’s Pocket, Laura Theis, The Emma Press, 978-1915628428, £9.99

This is Not a Small Voice, Traci Todd, Jade Orlando, Nosy Crow, 978-1805132646, £20.00

You’re Never Too Much: Poems for Every Emotion, Charlie Castelletti, First Ink, 978-1035070220, £14.99

The Week Junior Big Book of (Even More) Knowledge Bloomsbury, ‎ 978-1801997263, £20.00hbk

A Wild Child’s Guide to Nature at Night by Dara McNulty ill. Barry Falls, Macmillan, 978-1035023028, £14.99

I am BIG I am SMALL  My book of Animal Opposites by Vicky Woodgate, Scholastic, ‎ 978-0702338199, £7.99

Please Look After this Cat Kasia Antczak, ill. Kasia Fryza translator Agnes Monod- Gayraud, Post Wave, 978-1836270638, £12.99

Ancient Egypt by Justine Willis, Dorling Kindersley

Jerusalem Simon Sebag Montefiore, ill. Rui Ricardo and Catherine Rowe, Hodder Children’s Books, 978-1526363091, £25.00

Shoes! A Footwear Fashion Frolic by Anna Davies, ill. Daisy Winter, Cicada, 978-1800660571, £16.99

Head to Toe: An Introduction to the Human Body Pui Lee, Post Wave

We are all Inventors Kate Pankhurst, Bloomsbury, 978-1526615466, £7.99pbk

The Wizard’s Guide to Magical Experiments by AJ Wood, ill. Jo Rioux, Magic Cat, 978-1917044653, £20.00

Legendary Heroes Dorling Kindersley, ‎ 978-0241711286, £19.99

Little People Big Dreams: Chris Hoy by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vagara, ill. Edita Hajdu, 978-1805700418, £9.99

Art School (in a Book) by Russell Tovey and Robert Daiment, ill. Rose Blake, Laurence King, 978-1510231412, £16.99

Kids Can Cook Around the World Ill. Esther Coombs, Button Books, 978-1787080706, £12.99

Slide and Peek Santa by Hector Dexet, Postwave, ‎ 978-1836271123, £7.99

Hello Santa! by Sharon King-Chai, Two Hoots, ‎ 978-1035038282, £8.99

Merry Christmas, My Little Cuddle Bug by Natalie Marshall, Little Tiger, 978-1838918460, £7.99

You Choose Bedtime, Pippa Goodhart, Nick Sharratt, Puffin, 978-0241730577, £7.99

I Am Wishing Every Minute for Christmas, Lauren Child, Simon and Schuster, 978-1398542792, £12.99

The Street Where Santa Lives by Harriet Howe, Julia Christians, Little Tiger, 978-1838918576, £12.99

Christmas Lights on Mistletoe Street, Kate Thompson and Natelle Quek, Puffin, 978-0241621189, £7.99

A Christmas Delivery by Andy Shepherd and Sarah Warburton, Templar, 978-1800786486, £12.99

The Snow Fox and the Long, Long Night, Marieke ten Berge, translated by Michele Hutchison, Pushkin Children’s Books, 978-1782695349,

Supertato: We Wish you a Veggie Christmas Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet, Simon and Schuster, ‎ 978-1398532151, £7.99

Ten Christmas Bottoms by Barry Timms and Mike Byrne, Macmillan, 978-1035022250, £7.99

Mr Santa by Jarvis, Walker Books, 978-1529523195, £7.99

The Night Before Christmas in Neverland by Carys Bexington, illus Kate Hindley, Macmillan, 978-1529078350, £12.99/ £7.99

All the World’s a Stage: Peter Pan based on J.M. Barrie’s classic and illustrated by Ella Beech, Magic Cat, 978-1917044141, £20.00

Listen to the Music at Christmas by Mary Richards and Skylar White, Wide Eyed Editions, ‎ 978-1836005827, £16.99

Joy to the Whole World, Lucy Brownridge and Sang Miao, Wide Eyed Editions, ‎ 978-0711297913, £14.99

Remarkable Animals, Tony Meeuwissen, Otter-Barry Books, ‎ 978-1915659705, £12.99

The First Christmas, Jan Pieńkowski, Puffin, 978-0241791448, £12.99

The Twelve Days of Christmas, Brian Wildsmith, Oxford, 978-1382070751, £7.99

Jolly Snow, Jane Hissey, Templar Books, 978-1835871904, £7.99

My Book of Classic Nursery Tales James Mayhew, Otter-Barry Books, 978-1915659736, £16.99

Super Great Kids’ Stories! Kid Normanton, Bloomsbury, 978-1526679277, £14.99

Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales, Lari Don, Floris Books, ‎ 978-1782509622, £16.99

More Tales from Shakespeare, Michael Morpurgo, ‎ 978-0008710996, £20.00

Oscar Wilde’s Stories for Children illus Lauren O’Hara, Little Island, 978-1915071897, £19.99

The Last Day of October, Phil Hickes, Barrington Stoke, 978-0008748517, £7.99

Fear Files Hide and Seek, Christopher Edge, Walker Books, 978-1529527377, £7.99

Tomorrow’s Ghost, Tanya Landman, Walker Books, 978-1529519747, £7.99

Ghost, Finbar Hawkins, Zephyr

Nine Authentic Ghost Stories, Kirsty Logan, Bodleian Library Publishing, 978-1851246595, £12.99

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, MinaLima Classics, 978-0063452060, £35.00

A Stocking Full of Spies, Robin Stevens, Puffin, 978-0241429952, £7.99

A Box Full of Murders, Janice Hallet, Puffin, 978-0241636183, £7.99

The Very Last Christmas Present, Adam Baron, HarperCollins Children’s Books, 978-0008666255, £12.99

Fox Goes North, Jeremy Strong, Scholastic, 978-0702341571, £7.99

Snow, Meera Treehan, Walker Books, ‎ 978-1529528787, £14.99

My Big Fat Christmas Poo Diary, Jim Smith, Scholastic, 978-0702344138, £8.99

Dave Pigeon (Turkey Dinner), Swapna Haddow, Faber & Faber, ‎ 978-0571379293, £7.99

A Crongton Christmas Party, Alex Wheatle, Hodder Children’s Books, ‎ 978-1444962185, £9.99

 

 

 

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