The Gift of Words

Author: Reynolds, Peter H.

For children c 0-2 years

Published on 8 October 2026 by Scholastic in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 40 pages
208 x 229 x 5 | 156g

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An uplifting picture book about the power of words during

the festive season

'So many words,

strung together,

shimmering and dreamy.

So many positively

powerful words.

And that was

the Gift of Words.

A Gift for All.'

Jerome loves collecting words. Especially positive ones. But when

he looks around the street for new words to collect, none of

them are inspiring or joyful.

He decides he will GIFT his community some words instead. Then,

one person's gift inspires another person to give gifts too. Soon,

the whole town are adding new positive and cheerful words to

the word tree.

Which word would you gift?

From the beloved and bestselling Peter H. Reynolds comes an inspirational

holiday story about the importance of sharing the gift

of words

With bright and animated illustrations depicting the joy of community

and togetherness

A fantastic companion story to The Word Collector