Gift Focus - Jul/Aug 2019 (Issue 114)

144 Bookstand The latest releases in gift books MONSTERS COME OUT TONIGHT by Frederick Glasser and illustrated by Edward Miller RRP: £6.99 Format: Board book ISBN: 978149737220 Getting ready for Halloween, this charming children’s book is a wonderful addition to seasonal displays. The interactive book features a door on each spread, opened to reveal a monster friend preparing for Halloween. The quirky illustrations are full of details and complemented by a sweet, rhyming story. Frederick Glasser has worked in the editorial department at Viking Penguin Children’s Books and in publicity, advertising and marketing for the Random House Juvenile Division. He is currently sales director at Barron’s Educational Series, and this is his first book for young readers. Edward Miller has illustrated numerous children’s books and received starred reviews from SLJ, PW and Booklist. Available from Abrams Appleseed. For more information visit abramsandchronicle.co.uk WILD THINGS by Jo Schofield and Fiona Danks RRP: £12.99 Format: Hardback ISBN: 9781787017719 From the authors of the successful Stick Book , Wild Things is an outdoor activity book designed to help develop children’s wild senses and skills to see the magic in nature. Children can discover mythical creatures in forests, meadows, fields, ponds, rivers and at the seaside, as well as in everyday places close to home such as school playgrounds, local parks, or among the pots on the patio. From tracking dragons to creating shadow giants, children will be able to find wild things wherever they look. Bursting with brilliant ideas, photography and illustrations, Wild Things shows children how to create flower fairies and craft fairy fashions from colourful petals, brew magic potions, build snow unicorns and much more. Jo Schofield and Fiona Danks have written a selection of activity-packed books to inspire families to get outdoors. Through these titles, they aim to raise awareness of the benefits of interacting with wild places. Available from Lonely Planet Kids. For more information, visit lonelyplanet.com HOW TO LIGHT YOUR DRAGON by Didier Lévy and illustrated by Frederic Benaglia RRP: £12.95 Format: Hardback ISBN: 9780500651971 Didier Lévy is an author who has published a number of children’s books designed to introduce children to the big questions in life in his native France. Frederic Benaglia is an artistic director at Bayard Presse who has illustrated many children’s books. Together they have produced How to Light your Dragon , a charming children’s book about a little boy whose dragon is no longer able to breathe fire. He tries all manner of things to try to rekindle his despondent dragon’s flame, but when everything he tries fails he tells him that he loves him the way he is. Available from Thames & Hudson. For more information, visit thamesandhudson.com LITTLE FISH by Emily Rand RRP: £14.95 Format: Hardback ISBN: 9780500651629 Little Fish is a pop-up carousel book about two tiny orange goby fish playing beneath the waves. The book celebrates the vibrancy of ocean life with neon colour illustrations and cleverly engineered pop-up scenes. The carousel style means the book can be tied to stand on its own, presenting all five pop-up scenes. Follow the little fish on its journey through a kelp forest, underwater caves, into the open ocean and back home to its busy coral reef. Emily Rand is an illustrator and picture-book maker based in London. Available from Thames & Hudson. For more information, visit thamesandhudson.com