From Christmas Eve through to New Year’s Day, there’s a feast of Puffin book adaptations on television this Christmas. To help you plan your viewing time, we’ve trawled through the television guide and put together the ultimate list of the best TV programmes to enjoy together this Christmas. Now you can watch all your favourite new and classic Puffin stories from the comfort of your sofa.
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Children’s Books and a Giveaway: Give a gift of an all-time favourite
Here at Puffin we all have a favourite book. The one we return to over and over again like a faithful friend. From classic children’s characters like Spot and The Very Hungry Caterpillar to first reads with Tracy Beaker, The Wizard of Oz, and Greg Heffley, the following list has something for everyone’s skip down memory lane. If you haven’t read any of these books yet, you may just find yourself a new all-time favourite!
Children’s Books and a Giveaway: Give a gift of happy memories
We’ve put together a list of unforgettable characters, moving stories, and beautifully illustrated books to help you reconnect with the classics. If you haven’t read any of the stories below, Christmas is the perfect time to create new happy memories with these beloved books. As all Puffins know, a good book has the power to stay with you forever.
Children’s Books: Give a gift of a thrilling adventure
If you’re looking for a thrilling page-turner to read beside the Christmas tree this year, you’ve come to the right place. We’ve got the perfect books for readers who love scintillating stories that bring them to the edge of their seat. There’s murder, mayhem, magic, monsters, and more in the following reading list. Add some mince pie and you’ve got your reading adventure sorted.
Why not start your action-packed reading journey with the first book in the incredible new series from the author of Percy Jackson, the Kane Chronicles, and Heroes of Olympus . . .
Children’s Books: Give a gift of friendship
Books are a perfect place to find a best mate. Whether you’re looking for a friend to round out your show-stopping musical act, a sidekick to help you get through your first love and the scary school dance, or simply a buddy to see you through the everyday, our list of books about BFFs has something for everyone. You never know where you’ll find your next partner-in-crime, so why not bury yourself in the pages of these tales about friendship? With a book by your side, you’re always in good company.
Win a bundle of brilliant books
The Shepherd’s Crown by Terry Pratchett
Hands-up if you’ve started your Christmas shopping yet. Whether everything is wrapped and stacked neatly ready for Christmas, or you’ve yet to even make a start, we can guarantee there’s still space on your wish list for a brilliant book. And for parents, there’s always those last-minute gifts and stockings to fill!
With just four weeks to go until the big day, here’s your chance to win a bundle of our must-read kids’ books. There’s something for everyone here, from the laugh outloud Diary of a Wimpy Kid – Old School, to the final Discworld adventure The Shepherd’s Crown. Hetty Feather is back for a musical adventure in Little Stars and Zoe Sugg’s new book Girl Online On Tour is a must read. For those with little ones at home The Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep is the bedtime book parents are talking about – and will help to ensure an easier bedtime.
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Children’s Books: Give a gift of mystery and magic
Abracadabra! Christmas is a time of magic, but why can’t it also be a time of mystery and adventure? If you think stories about Father Christmas would be much better if there were witches, zombies, and ghosts in every chapter, then these are the books for you. Add these titles to your Christmas list before (poof!) they’re gone.
Children’s Books: Give a gift of this year’s must-read
Puffin has had a big year for books: 2015 saw the release of the second Girl Online novel, the conclusion of Charlie Higson’s The Enemy series, and a striking black edition of the #1 bestselling The Fault in Our Stars, to name just a few. Even though it’s a difficult task, we’ve put together a selection of eight can’t-miss titles for your reading and gifting pleasure. Stop what you’re doing, these are our must-reads!
Christmas with The Savages: Who’s Who?
Nothing gets us more in the festive mood than a Christmas themed story. Set in the golden Edwardian era, Christmas with The Savages by Mary Clive tells the tale of a rather spoilt little girl Evelyn, an only child, who lives in a stuffy house in London with her parents and servants. When her father is taken ill, she’s sent to an old friend of her mother’s home – the marvellous grand old Tamerlane Hall for Christmas. The place is packed with a large house party of grown-ups, their twelve lively children and an array of servants.
The story whisks you into Evelyn’s world. Within hours of arrival becomes part of the group of children and weaves her way through the daily adventures and squabbles; the encounters with the grown-ups, from the laughing aunts to Aunt Muriel’s ‘awful husband’ and even the Old Lord Tamerlane.
Meet the characters
Evelyn – She’d rather talk to grown-ups than play with children but the unruly Savages soon sweep her along with their games and pranks. Evelyn is prone to pretentious behaviour and her attempts to impress the grown-ups are mostly ignored.
Lady Tamerlane – the matriarch of the house and grandmother to twelve. ‘Although she was old she was brisk, and although she was not playful she sometimes gave me half-crowns.’
The Savages – a rambunctious tribe of children. Two boys, Lionel and Harry, two girls, Rosamund and Betty, a baby and their nursemaids Minnie and May. Lionel is the resident playwright and leading star of his own theatre shows.
The Glens – Peggy and Peter spend their time in the nursery with the other children. Their older brothers are found with the grown-ups. The Glens are accompanied by a fierce little nurse with a sharp tongue!
The Howliboos – the third gaggle of children with a self-important nursemaid Nana Howliboo the children are prone to howling when given a fright!
Mrs Peabody – the housekeeper ‘with the cosiest sitting room in the house’, packed with a treasure trove of knick knacks.
Mr O’ Sullivan – the butler. He possesses the keys to forbidden rooms but is kindly in nature and happy to come to the aid of the children when they find themselves in a fix.
Marguerite – Evelyn’s Swiss nursery maid. ‘A poor frightened creature whom I treated like mud, and hardly spoke to anybody in any language.’
Tamerlane Hall – this is a grand house from another era that sets the children’s imaginations wild. The long corridors are made for races. The nooks and crannies and endless doors are just the place for long games of hide and seek. The garden is another source of adventure and home to the grotto incident. There’s even a life-sized statue of a greek god poking out of the rubbish tip.
So, hang the holly and the ivy, light the fire and snuggle down by the tree. Christmas with the Savages is jam-packed with festive spirit.
Christmas with the Savages is Waterstones Children’s Book of the Month
Children’s Books: Give a gift of wonder
We’ve gathered a list of beautiful books guaranteed to inspire wonder in every reader. From Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to creative colouring books, adding any of these treasures to your Christmas list will make for one beautiful book shelf.
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