Gift Focus - Nov/Dec 2018 (Issue 110)

104 giftfocus TREASURE HUNT HOUSE RRP: £14.99 Format: Hardback ISBN: 9781847809575 Written by Kate Davies and illustrated by Becca Stadtlander, Treasure Hunt House is the ideal gift book for children in the lead- up to Christmas. The book features two children who receive an invitation from their great-aunt Martha to visit her incredible house, and she sets them a treasure hunt to solve as they explore the rooms. Readers can lift more than 50 flaps and solve the riddles on every page as they join in on the treasure hunt, learning about famous historical and cultural objects as they go. Find out about instruments in the music room and the history of jeans in the bedroom, see a velociraptor skeleton in the Cabinet of Curiosities and Shakespeare’s plays in the library. This is a magical book that will inspire a love of history, ideal for anyone who loves exploring homes or playing with doll’s houses. For further information, visit quartoknows.com CREATIVITY TAKES COURAGE RRP: £16.99 Format: Hardback ISBN: 9781523503551 Creativity Takes Courage by Irene Smit and Astrid van der Hulst – co-founders and creative directors of Flow magazine – brings together inspiration, hands-on projects, boundary pushing activities and special paper goodies to help readers unleash their inner artist. Organised around a series of 12 dares, this book inspires the reader to leave their comfort zone and start a project without hesitation. Each dare includes fill-in pages and prompts to go deeper into what motivates us and is a fully interactive way of learning how to live more creatively and enjoy every minute of the process, no matter what the result. For further information, visit workman.com CAN YOU FIND IT? RRP: £9.99 Format: Board book ISBN: 9781910277775 This first words book by Surya Sajnani helps develop language and build vocabulary. Wonderfully colourful, it’s packed with everyday objects for children to look at and learn from. Each page focuses on a different colour and contains a series of objects that are hidden within the large, mosaic-inspired pictures. The additional questions encourage the reader to find and recognise different shapes as they turn each page. For further information, visit quartoknows.com BAH HUMBUG! COLLECTION RRP: £37 Format: Hardback ISBN: 9781912559084 Independent British publisher Notting Hill Editions has launched three literary gift collections for those who are weary of Christmas junk. Containing provocative titles and attractive packaging, these make wonderful literary gifts for the well-read. Each of the newly launched seasonal collections contains three titles written by the most prominent thinkers of past and present, grouped by theme and beautifully wrapped in a metallic banderole. Shown here is the Bah Humbug! collection, which contains On Christmas: A Seasonal Anthology, introduced by Gyles Brandreth, Grumbling at Large: Selected Essays of J.B. Priestley, introduced by Valerie Grove and My Prizes by Thomas Bernhard. For further information visit nottinghilleditions.com bookshelf We turn the page on some of the latest gift books to hit the shelves