Gift Focus - Jan/Feb 2018 (Issue 105)

188 giftfocus THE MYSTERY MANSION STORYTELLING CARD GAME ILLUSTRATED BY LUCILLE CLERC RRP: £14.99 Format: Boxed game ISBN: 9781786271518 The Mystery Mansion: Storytelling Card Game to be published by Laurence King in February 2018 is the second in the Magical Myrioramas series. This murder mystery storytelling game offers two quintillion storyscaping possibilities. Fire your imagination with these fun storytelling cards. Reviving the Victorian parlour game of ‘myrioramas’, the 20 picture cards can be placed in any order to create seamless scenes. With many games to play and millions of stories to tell, each turn of the card is a new adventure. Follow the corridor through a mysterious country house and build a perpetual panorama with its inhabitants and their secrets. Find sinister suits of armour and tahe aftermaths of strange accidents, butlers with a grudge and glamorous couples where revenge is never far from the surface. The murder mystery plot, Art Deco styling and ’20s setting make The Mystery Mansion a perfect gift for Agatha Christie fans. For further information, visit laurenceking.com SUPERHERO SNAP RRP: £7.99 Format: Cards in a box ISBN: 9781786271341 Superhero Snap , illustrated by Jason Ford and published by Laurence King in February 2018, puts a new superhero spin on the popular card game. BAM! POW! SNAP! This simple and fun game is a must for all superhero fans. Based on characters from Jason Ford’s brilliant superhero activity books, children battle it out with slime monsters, rocket men, dastardly villains and more. As players turn over matching superheroes or villains, the first player to shout ‘SNAP!’ collects all the cards in the middle. The winner is the first player to hold all the cards. Containing 52 cards, featuring 13 different superheroes and villains in matching sets of four, Superhero Snap is suitable for two or more players. For further information, please visit laurenceking.com A DRINK OF WATER AND OTHER STORIES BY JOHN YEOMAN AND ILLUSTRATED BY QUENTIN BLAKE RRP: £10.95 Format: Hardback ISBN: 9780500651353 Published by Faber & Faber in 1960, A Drink of Water and Other Stories was the first children’s book written by John Yeoman for Quentin Blake. Thames & Hudson’s facsimilie edition, with a new foreword by Sir Quentin Blake, coincides with an exciting exhibition at the House of Illustration. This vintage book contains the seven original stories included in the first edition. Based on folktales from around the world, retold by Yeoman and accompanied by Blake’s unmistakable illustrations, young readers will adore the observant and logical monkey’s attempts to find a drink of water, as well the entertaining cast of animals featured in each story. These mischievous animal tales are as fun and enchanting as they were nearly 60 years ago and will be cherished by a modern audience in this stunning new form. For further information, visit thameshudson.co.uk LONELY PLANET’S BEST IN TRAVEL 2018 BY LONELY PLANET PUBLICATIONS RRP: £9.99 Format: Paperback ISBN: 9781786579690 Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel 2018 has selected the hottest destinations for travellers for the year ahead, naming the top 10 countries, cities, regions and best value destinations, as chosen by Lonely Planet’s travel experts. Find out where’s great to visit in 2018 and why, or get in touch to find out some of the top trends for travel next year. For further information, please visit lonelyplanet.com/contact bookshelf We turn the page on some of the latest gift books to hit the shelves