Whether they’re toddlers or teenagers, keep your little ones entertained this Christmas with these fantastic stories. Young history buffs will enjoy a dramatic retelling of Viking invasions, while older children can discover the Ukraine war from a peer’s perspective, and Einstein the talking penguin will charm everyone. Pure joy awaits.
Coram Boy won the Whitbread children’s book award more than 20 years ago. If there are any prizes for children’s books still in existence by the end of this year, then Jamila Gavin’s thoughtful, engrossing new novel should clean up. Her story of the impact of the Second World War on four teenage girls as they become women is one of female camaraderie against the odds. Gavin draws her characters with such care that we
