Books are the perfect Christmas presents to cover all eventualities

A clever ad on radio at the moment points to a Christmas present worth giving because, even if you see someone at a party with precisely the same thing, your reaction will be to go over and rejoice with them, rather than to slink and sulk, writes Terry Prone

A clever ad on radio at the moment points to a Christmas present worth giving because, even if you see someone at a party with precisely the same thing, your reaction will be to go over and rejoice with them, rather than to slink and sulk.

The item, of course, is a book, that most wonderful of Christmas presents, starting at toddler stage with The Gruffalo and Richard Scarry’s Busytown series, featuring Lowly Worm and other much-loved characters, and