10 best Christmas gift for children: multilingual books and game cards

Christmas is around the corner. Nothing is better than spending it with the people you love. To make Christmas extra special this year, we've put together a list of great Christmas gift tips that will make your child's face shine.

The 10 best Christmas gift tips for kids. Every child is different and that is why it can sometimes be difficult to come up with a nice Christmas gift. You want to give them something that makes them happy, but also something they can use. If you give a multilingual book or game cards , you bring about both! Because of the wide variety of children's books, there is a book for every child that he or she will enjoy. Would you like them to read a children's book from their own origin? Or would you like to encourage your children to learn an additional language? Then take a look and see if there is something in this list for your children during Christmas!

These are the 10 best children's books 
Children's books in many languages is not only educational, but also fun. That's why we start the list with eight multilingual children's books.

1. Cooking is fun
This fun cookbook by Ipop S. Purintyas teaches children how to cook and facts about ingredients in Indonesian. If it encourages your child to cook, this book is not only great in theory, but also in practice.

2. Barquq
Barquq is a children's book that describes an educational journey of discovery by the main character. You can read this book in Arabic and it will make your children think. Growing up multilingual has never been this much fun!

3. You be you
As the title gives away, this book describes how important it is to be yourself. A lesson that children, but also adults, can learn from. This children's book is written in Chinese and is full of colourful pages...

4. A is from Anasi
Is your child a real language wonder. Then A is from Anasi is a challenging children's book in which you and your child are taken along in the Surinamese language. While reading this book they expand their vocabulary in Surinamese by recognizing different words.

5. Children's picture dictionary
This nice multilingual children's book consists of many cheerful pictures. Underneath the pictures the English as well as the Hindi words are mentioned. Your child will not only learn 500 Hindi words, but also English. By purchasing this bilingual children's book you are killing two birds with one stone.

6. Nauka Czytania, elementarz
The Netherlands is a multicultural country. Many people of different cultures live together. Polish speaking people are therefore not strange in our small country. The multilingual upbringing and learning of Polish can also work to the advantage of your child. It is also possible that you yourself come from Poland and want to pass on your mother tongue to your children. Is this your goal? Then this children's book is perfect for you. The children's book consists of three parts in which your children learn letters and syllables, and they learn to read whole words. Learning Polish has never been so fun and easy!

7. Alice in Wonderland
This book reads pleasantly and describes the fun adventure of the main character Alice. If you are looking for a book to read with your children, we recommend this children's book. The book is written in Punjabi. Besides Punjabi, the story is also told in English. This makes the book suitable when you want to teach your children both English and Punjabi.

8. Kucuk Prens
The last children's book we mention in this list is Küçük Prens, a worldwide classic translated into many languages. So also in Turkish and Arabic. Küçük Prens tells the story of a little prince. The lessons described in his adventures are helpful for young and old. This book is written in Turkish and is a truly original gift for under the Christmas tree.

Playing cards

Do you want to give an educational, but also active gift to learn a new language together with your child? Then we recommend the following two playing card sets in different languages.

9. Playing cards - I'm learning Papiamentu
Children are like sponges and can quickly pick up a variety of languages. The fun thing about these playing cards is that there are 50 different cards with pictures and words from Papiamentu. Will you let your child surprise you when they speak their first words of Papiamentu?

10. Playing cards - I'm learning Sranan
Sranantongo, not everyone knows this language. It comes from Suriname and is spoken there by zo.n 550,000 people. Are your children's roots there or do they enjoy learning other languages? 50 different playing cards ideal for under the Christmas tree!

What are you giving this Christmas?
Everyone will agree that it's not about what you give, but the intention behind it. The great thing about the multilingual gifts mentioned above is that they are not only fun to give, but also to get. Are there any children's books and game cards in many languages under your tree this year? Check out our selection of children's books in many languages!