Holiday Gift Guide

Holiday Gift Guide

We are delighted to share our 2021 holiday gift offerings from Laurence King. You can view the full list below or browse by subject category:

Stocking StuffersLiterary FanaticsDIY Interior DecoratorMovie and TV BuffsAnimal LoversModern MysticFor the Traveler Photography LoversSocial Media Gurus  Children 

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Stocking Stuffers

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Whiskey Poker - Featuring illustrations of 39 malt whiskeys from around the world, plus 13 whiskey-based cocktails, the deck is accompanied by a booklet giving detailed background to the world’s favorite distilleries and recipes for all the cocktails. Perfect for a hand of cards or a handy refresher on how to mix an Old Fashioned. (Now Available; $14.99). 

Movie Genius & TV Genius Standard playing cards starring Hollywood’s finest TV and film characters with suits organized by genre from drama to crime. (Now Available; $10.99)

Jane Austen Playing Cards - Play cards with Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet and King and Queen of Hearts, Henry Crawford as Ace Rogue, and many more of Jane Austen’s most memorable characters. (Sept; $14.99)

Virginia Woolf: Inspiring Quotes from an Original Feminist Icon - Over 100 words of wisdom from the inimitable Virginia Woolf on love, literature, feminism, food, work, aging, authenticity, nature, truth, happiness and everything in between, carefully selected and curated from Woolf’s timeless novels, essays and speeches. (Sept; $9.99) 

How to Make Your Dog #Famous - Discover insights into the success of social media’s top pups and follow the essential steps on the road to fame, all while being a good dog parent and making sure your pup is happy and healthy every step of the way.  (Sept; $16.99) 

Therapy Toolkit - Therapy Toolkit features sixty cards devised by an experienced and qualified therapist to help users explore their issues in a compassionate and safe space. (August; $16.99) 

Photographic Memory - Do you ever wish you had a photographic memory? 25 classic photographs have been split in half – match the two halves of the images together to imprint classic photographs on your memory and discover the history of photography in the process. (Now Available; $16.99)

The TikTok Challenge - A set of 100 cards with over 200 crazy challenges for you to film and upload, from lip syncs, dances and dares to ridiculous pranks. Use the cards for solo TikTok inspiration or assemble your friends and family and play them competitively to determine the best TikToker. (Now Available; $14.99) 

Puzzles and Board Games

 

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Inside the Chocolate Factory Piece together the world of Willy Wonka’s famous chocolate factory in this candy-covered puzzle. (Oct; £14.99) 

World of Frida Kahlo - Uncover the genius that is Frida Kahlo in this art jigsaw puzzle that tells the story of her life, works, and career. (Mar; £14.99) 

Pop Art Puzzle Piece together the pop art universe in this jigsaw puzzle depicting the madcap world of art from Botticelli’s Birth of Venus to Damien Hirst’s diamond-encrusted skull. (Aug; £14.99)

The World of Sherlock Holmes Don your deerstalker and immerse yourself in Sherlock Holmes' London in this art jigsaw puzzle complete with bodies, boat chases, and, of course, 221B Baker Street. (Nov; £14.99)

Australia’s Deadly Animal Bingo – The next in Laurence King’s bestselling series of animal bingos that include Cat, Dog, Bird, Monkey, and Ocean. (Sep; £19.99)  

Royal Bingo – An updated edition of the 2017 hit game featuring royals from around the world, now including Meghan Markle! (Now available; £19.99) 

Going, Going, Gone! - Monopoly meets the art auction. Who can amass the most valuable collection? (Now available; £24.99) 

I Saw It First! Jungle and Ocean - A fun spotting game for the whole family. Who can find the animal first? (Now available; £19.99)

Food and Drink

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How to Raise a Loaf  - An affordable sourdough baking book for beginners that makes the basic techniques easy to understand, with step-by-step photo instructions. (Now available; £12.99) 

How to Grow Your Dinner: Without Leaving Your House - An easy-to-follow guidebook to growing your own food indoors – in any space or season across the globe. (Sep; £12.99)

The Wine Game Dip into the world of wine with two decks of cards – one for red wines, one for whites – covering all the major wine-producing regions across the globe. (Oct.; £19.99) 

Dangerous Experiments for After Dinner - 21 after-dinner daredevil tricks are illustrated in this gift book along with step-by-step instructions and explanations of the science behind them. (Sep; £9.99)

Gin Rummy - Standard playing cards with a (lime) twist! Each card features a custom illustration of a gin brand or classic cocktail. Recipe book included. (Now available; £11.99)

Happy Hour Learn about classic cocktails in this go-fish inspired card game. Recipe book included. (Now available; £14.99)

FIZZ - A beginners guide to making natural, non-alcoholic fermented drinks like kombucha and ginger beer. (Now available; £15.99)

Music and Movies

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Movie Tarot Be guided by the stars in this unique new tarot inspired by movie characters. (Oct; £14.99) 

Movie Genius & TV Genius Standard playing cards starring Hollywood’s finest TV and film characters with suits organized by genre from drama to crime. (Oct; £9.99) 

666 Songs to Make You Bang Your Head Until You Die - The ultimate bible for metalheads, presenting the best metal songs from the 1960s to the present day. (Sep; £20) 

The Short Story of Film - An innovative introduction to film making looking at key films, genres, movements, and techniques with a stylish gift treatment(Now available; £14.99) 

Citizen Canine A charming and adorable collection of the best cinematic dogs ever to grace the silver screen. (Now available; £12.99) 

Spoiler Alert - Celebrate Hollywood filmmaking in all its formulaic and predictable glory with this graphic breakdown of movie tropes. (Now available; £17.99) 

NME Quiz Book Movie Quiz Book - Pick up some fresh material for virtual pub quiz with these movie and music-themed trivia books. (Now available; £12.99)  

Animal Lovers

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Animal Mah-Jong The traditional Chinese tile game updated it in a new, affordable card format. (Oct.; £24.99) 

299 Cats (and a Dog) - No two wooden pieces are the same in this cunning feline cluster puzzle. (Nov; £16.99)  

Do You Look Like Your Cat? - Pair up the cats with their humans in the hilarious card game. 50 cards depict fun photographs of cats and owners making this a humorous memory game to reunite 25 people and their furry friends. (Oct. £14.99)

Do You Look Like Your Dog? The Book - Why DO people look like their dogs? A follow-up book to the hit game, Do You Look Like Your Dog and explores the intense bonds we develop with our dogs, which are far from only skin, or even fur, deep. (Oct.; £9.99) 

Australia's Deadly Animals Bingo - Boasting 64 of Australia’s most deadly, beautiful and just downright surprising species, this bingo game is filled with fun facts and glorious illustrations. (Sep; £19.99) 

Mindfulness

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Pottering - Discover productivity at an easier pace in this charming guide to slow living. (Oct; £16.99) 

Night Vision A field guide to the art of dream interpretation(Oct; £14.99) 

Make a Living Living - Learn how to turn your passion into a career with advice from entrepreneurs who’ve been there. (Now available; £14.99) 

Dream Decoder & Dream Decoder Journal Record and interpret your crazy quarantine dreams with this card deck of common dream scenarios and a new companion journal. (Now available; £14.99) 

Runes for Modern Life - An updated version of the ancient divination tool for lovers of astrology and tarot cards. (Now available; £12.99) 

Tattoo Tarot Journal Draw a card of the day from the bestselling Tattoo Tarot deck and then write about the meaning in this new companion journalcolouring book, Tarot Colouring Book with art from the deck will also publish in October. (Sep; £12.99) 

Extraordinary Things to Cut Out and Collage - Choose from 1500 beautiful objects to cut out and collage. Perfect for New Year’s vision boards! (Now available; £16.99) 

The Empathy Game - Go beyond small talk with these thoughtful conversation starters. (Now available; £17.99) 

Nature Lovers

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Around the World in 80 Trees - Author, “Jonathan Drori’s deep-seated love of nature is contagious in this tree-by-tree journey across countries and continents. A book to take your time over” – WIRED  (Now available; £12.99) 

100 Things to do in a Forest This book explores 100 ways to replace screens and bring families together. Connect with nature and discover the benefits of forest fun. (Aug; £17.99)  

How to Save The World for Free - Environmental activist Natalie Fee’s handbook to green living will help you to make small lifestyle changes which will make a big difference to our planet. (Now available; £12.99) 

Tree Vision - Is the ultimate flashcard set to help you learn to identify tree species, their leaves, seeds, flowers and so much more! (Sep; £14.99) 

Plantfulness - These cards will guide you through 50 houseplants guiding you to what your plant can do and what you should do to keep your plants alive and happy(Oct; £14.99) 

The Story of Trees - This illustrated coffee table book full of fascinating botanical facts and figures, takes readers on a visual journey from some of the earliest known tree species. (Now available; £25) 

Art and Photography Books

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Magnum ArtistsGreat Photographers Meet Great Artists 200 portraits of the world’s most influential artists made by Magnum photographers. (Aug; £40) 

Anatomica: The Exquisite and Unsettling Art of Human Anatomy explores the intersections between art and medicine, death and culture through macabre anatomical artwork from the 16th through to the 20th century. (Sep; £25) 

Lives of the Artists - A highly readable series of short biographies of the most-popular artists. The current series includes Artemisia Gentleschi and Andy Warholwith upcoming titles Frida Kahlo. (Oct; £12.99) 

The Short Story of Women Artists - Accessible, concise and richly illustrated, this book reveals the full history of women artists. (Sep; £14.99) 

KusamaA Graphic Biography - The first graphic novel on the world-wide cult artist Yayoi Kusama. (Oct; £14.99) 

200 Words to Talk About Art This gift book features definitions of two hundred words frequently used to describe and discuss a smart subject. (Oct; £9.99) 

Joel MeyerowitzMasters of Photography - First book in a new approach to photography how-to series. (Now available; £14.99) 

Steve McCurryIn Search of Elsewhere - A new book of previously unpublished images drawn from McCurry's incredible career. (Nov; £50) 

TraceEmin - An accessible book that offers a completely up-to-date view on the work of one of the most important and respected artists working today. (Nov; £14.99)

 

Little Kids (aged 3-6)

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Poo Bingo - The classic family game gets a hilarious contemporary spin by matching animals with their droppings. (Aug; £16.99) 

The Wild Bunch - Crazy eights gets a makeover by using colorful jungle animals instead of numbers. (Aug; £12.99) 

Homes & On the Go - Stylish board books with peep holes throughout exploring different types of houses and transportation for little learners ages 3-5. (Sep; £9.99) 

My First Story Puzzles: Nature & Animals Teach simple stories and logical sequences with these three-piece jigsaws for ages 3-5. (Now available; £9.99) 

Match These Bones - Pair the dinosaur with the fossil in this fun and educational game for budding paleontologists. (Aug; £14.99) 

Let’s Make Some Great Art: Animals & Patterns - Encourage creativity in kids ages 4-7 with easy projects centered on animals and patternmaking. (Sep; £9.99) 

Make Your Own Fairy Tale: Snow White - Eight press-out sheets give you all the characters and props needed to re-enact this favorite fairy tale. (Oct; £12.99) 

Big Kids (aged 7-11)

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The Mermaid Atlas - A stunning illustrated compendium of mermaid legends from across the globe. (June; £14.99) 

Mythopedia An encyclopedia of mythical legends from the authors of Myth Match. Also publishing in Sept. is a companion colouring book Myth World. (Sep; £16.99)

Wonder Woman Bingo Fill your game card with inspiring women from Greta Thunberg to Serena Williams. (Aug; £16.99) 

Skulk - Help the Boy chase his shadow, Skulk, through this illustrated maze book. (Sep; £12.99) 

Who’s Hiding in the Jungle - Can you spot the animals hiding in this boxed card deck? (Oct; £14.99) 

Green Nation Revolution - Learn what role young people can play to solve the world’s emergent climate crisis. (Oct; £9.99) 

Be a Super Awesome Artist - 20 easy art challenges to try at home inspired by the masters(Oct; £9.99) 

Pierre the Maze Detective - Follow the mazes to help Detective Pierre solve the Curious Case of the Castle in the Sky. (Oct; £14.99)

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