Best Children’s Books for 9-11 Year Olds: Christmas 2025 Gift Guide
Books make for a wonderful choice of Christmas gifts for children and we’re here to help with some top recommendations of children’s books for Christmas 2025.
From timeless adventure stories and curious information books to festive favourites and glorious gift books, we’ve selected our top recommendations of book gifts for children aged 9-11. We’ve tried to include something for all tastes – look out for hilarious festive magic, Christmas chaos, an eccentric snowman and creepy-crawlies great and small in this year’s Christmas Gift Guide for 9- to 11-year-olds.
Whether you are looking for jolly, festive stories like Lydia Marmalade and the Christmas Wish or relatable Christmas dramas like The Completely Chaotic Christmas of Lottie Brooks, we hope this guide will fill your young readers with plenty of seasonal cheer. We’ve also included popular KS2 favourites like The Adventures of Rap Kid and glorious graphic novels like The Unfairies, as well as information books for curious minds like Wish Upon a Star, and beautiful knowledge compendiums to treasure, such as the Britannica All New Children’s Encyclopedia.
The books on this list are also available to purchase from Amazon or Bookshop.
