Ultimate gift ideas for your children

You’ll find the best gifts for babies, children, and even hard-to-please teenagers.

No matter what age your child is or whether they are babies, teens, or even 20-somethings, you will find the perfect gift. Even parents find it difficult to find the right toy, game, or book for their children. Here’s the lowdown on the perfect toys, gifts, and books for kids, based on expert recommendations. Our gift guides feature the best gifts for kids of all ages.

Gifts that engage their senses stimulate their child’s brain – and can stand up to drool. Play gyms, mats, and tables are excellent toys and gifts for babies, along with sensory toys and teething toys. You might be surprised how easy it is to buy a gift for a 1-year-old. It’s the age when the box is almost as exciting as the toy inside.

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents Paperback – June 1, 2015

In this breakthrough book, clinical psychologist Lindsay Gibson exposes the destructive nature of parents who are emotionally immature or unavailable. You will see how these parents create a sense of neglect, and discover ways to heal from the pain and confusion caused by your childhoodBy freeing yourself from your parents’ emotional immaturity, you can recover your true nature, control how you react to them, and avoid disappointment. Finally, you’ll learn how to create positive, new relationships so you can build a better life.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

Amelia Bedelia Chapter Book 4-Book Box Set: Books 1-4 Paperback – Box set, September 2, 2014

If you’re looking for chapter books for kids ages 6-8, don’t miss Amelia Bedelia! The Amelia Bedelia books have sold more than 35 million copies. Each book features a guide to the idioms introduced in the story.

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

Children will be in fits of laughter with this perfect read-aloud tale of an endearing donkey. By the book’s final page, readers end up with a spunky, hanky-panky, cranky, stinky, dinky, lanky, honky-tonky, winky wonky donkey!

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

School Zone – Big Preschool Workbook – 320 Pages, Ages 3 to 5, Colors, Shapes, Numbers, Early Math, Alphabet, Pre-Writing, Phonics, Following Directions, and More (School Zone Big Workbook Series) Paperback – Illustrated, June 7, 2018

  • 320 pages: 319 activity pages, 1 award certificate
  • For ages 3-5
  • 7.75″ x 10.75″ pages with durable glossy cover
  • Book has 5 sections with Parent notes for each: Pre-writing, Alphabet, Colors & Shapes, Following Directions, Numbers & Early Math
  • The skill being practiced is listed at the bottom of each page
  • Colorful, kid friendly illustrations reinforce the lessons

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

The Gruffalo Paperback – Picture Book, March 2, 2006

A mouse is taking a stroll through the deep, dark wood when along comes a hungry fox, then an owl, and then a snake. The mouse is good enough to eat but smart enough to know this, so he invents . . . the Gruffalo! As Mouse explains, the Gruffalo is a creature with terrible claws, terrible tusks in its terrible jaws, knobbly knees, and turned-out toes, and a poisonous wart at the end of its nose. But Mouse has no worry to show. After all, there’s no such thing as a Gruffalo.

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

How to Catch a Mermaid Hardcover – Picture Book, July 17, 2018

Perfect for mermaid lovers, summer reading, and gifts for kids ages 4-7, this funny mermaid picture book is brimming with fun STEAM-based traps and offers an irresistible under-the-sea adventure that parents, educators, and children will love! Filled with plenty of laughs to go around, this under the sea adventure is a fun gift book for kids!

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

What Should Danny Do? (The Power to Choose Series) Hardcover – Illustrated, May 1, 2017

Boys and girls will both love and relate to Danny, while enjoying the interactive nature of the book they never know what will come next! Parents and Teachers love the social-emotional skills the book teaches through empowering kids to make positive choices while demonstrating the natural consequences of negative choices. A “must-have” on every bookshelf.

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

Charlotte’s Web Hardcover – April 10, 2012

Don’t miss one of America’s top 100 most-loved novels, selected by PBS’s The Great American Read. This beloved book by E. B. White, author of Stuart Little and The Trumpet of the Swan, is a classic of children’s literature that is “just about perfect.” This paper-over-board edition includes a foreword by two-time Newbery winning author Kate DiCamillo.

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

Magic Tree House Boxed Set, Books 1-4: Dinosaurs Before Dark, The Knight at Dawn, Mummies in the Morning, and Pirates Past Noon Paperback – Box set, May 29, 2001

Meet Jack and Annie! Jack and his younger sister, Annie, are just regular kids. But when they discover a treehouse in the woods, something magical happens. Jack and Annie are whisked back in time to the Age of Dinosaurs, a medieval castle, ancient pyramids, and treasure-seeking pirates.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

The Big Book of Silly Jokes for Kids Paperback – August 27, 2019

  • Silly facts and illustrations―Explore fun facts that teach you cool new things related to the jokes inside, plus humorous drawings that add to the laughs.
  • Skill-building fun―Boost your reading comprehension and stay engaged with a joke book you won’t want to put down.
  • Beginner joke-writing tips―Learn about setups, punch lines, and how to write jokes of your own with practical pointers and writing prompts.

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