If you’re still struggling to find a present for the inscrutable toddlers and children in your life, fear not for behold we bring you good tidings of great joy: Juliet Townsend’s annual selection of the best children’s books on the market, published in the Spectator a few weeks back. My 20-month-old granddaughter totters into the
‘Sorry kids, but this something-for-nothing culture has got to stop.’
‘Stop looking at me with those go-to-bed eyes.’
Dogs
‘If you don’t like it, I can go back and nick you something else.’
Boot
Dalek
Fishing
‘Your targets don’t want to meet you.’
‘Sorry, mate, got to take these off — children might get hurt.’
Austerity
‘The usual — ducking and diving, bob bob bobbing and weaving.’
‘You may have heard stories of over-treatment..’
Jewellery
‘I know you spent ages making it, but Mummy prefers shop-bought presents.’
Kazoo
‘So tell me — what can you bring to the stable?’
‘You’re in early today, Enid.’
Investigating
Snowmen