*DISCLOSURE* Thank you to Candlewick Press for providing product samples in order to facilitate this post. All thoughts are strictly my own.
We love gifting books during the holiday season! Candlewick Press is always a fantastic source for wonderfully fun and educational books for kiddos of all ages. Check out some of our favorite recommendations for the holiday season:
100 First Words
illustrated by Edward Underwood
14 pages - Board Book
Ages 0 – 3
With easy-to-lift card flaps on each spread, this stylish first word book is sure to hit the mark with little ones as they learn all sorts of new animals and objects. A clean layout grouped by theme features one hundred essential words and simple illustrations to help toddlers understand them.
Alphabet Street
by Jonathan Emmett and illustrated by Ingela P. Arrhenius
26 pages – Board Book
Ages 2-5
There’s so much to discover in this ingenious book! Read the funny rhyming text, lift the flaps, and learn the letters of the alphabet. And when you’re finished, flip the book and have fun with the play scene on the reverse! The fun format and signature bold artwork from Ingela P. Arrhenius makes this a great choice for learning ABCs and imaginative play.
Black Beauty
by Anna Sewell and illustrated by Christian Birmingham
240 pages - Hardcover Illustrated
Ages 10 and up
Over fifty stunning illustrations from acclaimed artist Christian Birmingham bring this treasured classic new life.
When Black Beauty was born one sweet spring day, he could not have imagined the life ahead of him. Following his mother’s advice to do his work with a good will, he enjoys the adventures of country and city life, makes new friends, and suffers from the cruelty and greed of his human masters. Beauty faces each challenge with bravery and kindness — and then a chance encounter with an old friend brings him the greatest joy of all. Anna Sewell’s classic horse story has captivated generations of readers since it was first published 140 years ago. This enchanting edition features the full unabridged text and Christian Birmingham’s gorgeous color and black-and-white illustrations depicting Beauty’s nineteenth-century world.
Guess How Much I Love You
25th Anniversary Slipcase Edition
by Sam McBratney and illustrated by Anita Jeram
40 pages – Slipcase Hardcover Picture Book
All Ages
Beloved for a quarter of a century, the family classic receives a beautiful slipcase for this keepsake hardcover featuring a limited-edition giclée print.
The story of Big Nutbrown Hare and Little Nutbrown Hare, who playfully vow a universe of affection, has enchanted millions of readers since its publication twenty-five years ago. Now, its enduring message of immeasurable love makes the ideal gift in a slipcased edition that includes an endearing print of the Nutbrown Hares suitable for framing.
Jon Klassen’s Hat Box
Boxed set of Picture Books
ages 4-8
Hold on to all of your hats at once for this special collection of Jon Klassen’s celebrated hat trilogy.
The bear’s hat is gone, and he wants it back. A fish has stolen a hat; will he get away with it? Two turtles have found one hat, but the hat looks good on both of them. . . . Jon Klassen’s deliciously deadpan hat tales continue to surprise and delight readers of all ages, and they are all now available in one impeccably designed boxed set along with a free frameable print. Included are:
I Want My Hat Back
This Is Not My Hat
We Found a Hat
The Little Snowplow Wishes for Snow
by Lora Koehler and illustrated by Jake Parker
40 pages – Ages 3-7
The plucky little hero of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Little Snowplow returns in a story about wishing, waiting, and the magic of a first snowfall.
The little snowplow loves his job on the Mighty Mountain Road Crew, but the work he loves best is plowing snow. Throughout the year, he wishes for snow to come, but winter begins without a single flake in sight. As the weeks pass and the little snowplow’s birthday approaches, he starts to wonder whether it will snow at all. Will the little snowplow’s birthday dreams come true?
Paper World: Planet Earth
by Bomboland
30 pages – Hardcover Picture Book
Ages 8-12
This guide to our planet shows paper being engineered like never before.
Paper World: Planet Earth uses ingenious paper cutouts to reveal the amazing details of our planet, from bubbling volcanoes to rushing rivers to the boiling hot interior of the Earth. With detailed art by studio Bomboland, a fact-filled text, and flaps and die-cuts on every spread, this one-of-a-kind novelty book will appeal to readers of all ages.
The Raymie Nightingale Three-Book Collection
by Kate DiCamillo
3 book boxed set
Ages 10 and up
Kate DiCamillo’s sequence of novels about the Three Rancheros is now complete — and with this beautiful hardcover boxed set, readers can savor all three.
First came Raymie Nightingale, the “triumphant and necessary book”* that would become a National Book Award Finalist. Then followed the tender Louisiana’s Way Home, featuring “one of DiCamillo’s most singular and arresting creations” (The New York Times Book Review) and marking the first time the two-time Newbery Medalist had revisited the world of one of her novels. And finally, the much-hoped-for third novel, Beverly, Right Here, awaits its rapt audience. Here, the entire trilogy of novels — the perfect gift for both longtime fans and new devotees — is available in a beautifully designed set. Included are hardcover editions of:
Raymie Nightingale
Louisiana’s Way Home
Beverly, Right Here
Where’s Waldo? Double Trouble at the Museum
The Ultimate Spot the Difference Book
by Martin Handford
32 pages - Hardcover Picture Book
Ages 5-9
Maybe you’re good at spotting Waldo. But can you spot the difference? Head to the museum, where even the sharpest eyes are seeing double.
Waldo is wandering through the museum, where there are some devilishly difficult differences to decipher. Finding Waldo and his buddies is hard enough, but who can spot the minutiae that separate one Egyptian tablet from another? The dastardly details that make two maritime scenes unalike? The itty-bitty discrepancies between the vintage books and scrolls? With more than five hundred differences to be delineated, this brand-new spin on the art of spotting Waldo will have fans of all ages lining up to take a look.
If you have kiddos of any age on your gift giving list, consider giving the gift of reading this holiday season. You can't go wrong with a good book and Candlewick Press has hundreds of great books to choose from!
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