35 Boxed Book Sets for Kids of All Ages
Looking for gifts for young readers in your life? When I’m looking to gift kids in my life with multiple books by a single author, I love to find them in a boxed set.
Below you’ll find some of our favorite boxed book gift sets for kids of all ages… from board books to toddlers to novels for teens… and everything in between. And remember that of course, our age recommendations are wiggly. You know your kids best.
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Gift Sets of Board Books
Gift Sets for Preschool
Gift Sets for Middle Grades
Gift Sets for Tweens & Teens
Oh, you forgot The Penderwick’s series. It is my 9-year-olds favorite books series.
Yep! We love The Penderwicks too!
I realize this is a bit of a delayed comment, but I thought I would mention the Stella books by Marie-Louise Gay, as my nephew has loved rereading them over the last couple of years (from 6-8 years old) and I love reading them as well. They’re very whimsical. You can get a box set that includes four of the books. http://marielouisegay.com/stella-sam/
Peter Reynolds Creatrilogy Box Set is fantastic.
The Dot An enchanting invitation to self-expression! Don’t worry, just make a mark — and see where it takes you.
Ish A creative spirit learns that thinking “ishly” leads to a far more wonderful outcome than “getting it right.”
Sky Color The sky’s no limit in this gentle, playful tale — a reminder that if we open our eyes and look beyond the expected, inspiration will come.
We LOVE Tucket’s Travels in our house (a 5 book trilogy-in-1)–by far the BEST of Gary Paulsen’s books (and I’ve read a lot of them!). They tell the story of a 14 year old boy who gets kidnapped by indians as his family is taking the Oregon trail out west. Themes: boyhood vs manhood, faithfulness, suffering, sacrifice, hard work, the “Wild West” as it really was, and more. My 8 year old son constantly begged me to read it and now that he’s 10, he wants to read it again!
Oh No! This kind of makes me sad, because I thought I had decided on a Beatrix Potter Treasury for my little four year old who loves all things “Bunny”, and she really wanted the book about Peter Rabbit and Mr. McGregor. I was planning to get the treasury, but then saw THIS! eek! So I hear what your saying, but the Beatrix Potter collection you have listed is a group of little books from what the reviews say, and not a good one for family read-alouds. What do you think? Is there another edition I should get . . . looks like lots of the collections are little books. Help I need to order soon! :O
Megan – the Beatrix Potter Treasury is superb! I’ve read ours to our 6 children and it is still good. It sits beautifully on my lap and it does not ever get lost. We had some little books but they were always going missing. Also, there are some lovely bigger pictures in the the treasury that are just not the same in a small firmat. I do not mean to defy Sarah and I think that box sets work well in many cases but I think that Beatrix Potter in one volume is a win!!! Hope this helps:)
Format, not firmat:))
Great list, thank you Sarah!!
Just a note, I have that Puffin in Bloom set and they are beautiful, but the Heidi in that set is a really horrible translation/abridgment. It kind of broke my heart😥😥
My tweens like The Land of Stories books by Chris Colfer
Love them all! My four year old is also getting “Adventures in Brambly Hedge.” (She already has “A Year in Brambly Hedge” and loves it – so thanks for the recommendation, because I first heard of those books from you!)
I like the list, but you’re missing someone extremely important – Madeleine L’Engle! I believe there are a few beautiful options for boxed sets – particularly the Time Quintet. As I read on Book Riot recently, “There are two kinds of girls in the world – those who grew up reading Madeleine L’Engle, and those who didn’t.” I met her when I was twelve and she spent half an hour one on one with me after a book signing, giving me writing tips. One of the highlights of my childhood!
That’s such a great story! The Time Quartet was definitely one of my favorites growing up, and I’ve been itching to re-read Wrinkle ever since I found out about the upcoming movie. Hopefully the toddler and upcoming baby will let me!
Sadie Rose Adventure Series (Books 1-4) Box set
Thank you for these! Just Richmal Crompton “Just William” boxset is missing. Also Brian Jaques “Redwall” box set.
I don’t see Madeleine L’Engle’s Time quartet on here! My 10 year old loved them all.
I’ll add them!
For teens, definitely The Eagle of the Ninth boxed set by Rosemary Sutcliff (The Eagle of the Ninth, The Silver Branch, The Lantern Bearers).
I just added these to my cart on amazon:) Thank you.
One of my family’s favorite sets when our sons were late elementary through middle school age were The Little Britches Series by Ralph Moody.
From the back cover:
“Ralph Moody was eight years old in 1906 when his family moved from NH to a CO ranch. Through his eyes we experience the pleasures and perils of ranching there early in the 20th Century. Auctions and roundups, family picnics, irrigation wars, tornadoes, and wind storms give authentic color to Little Britches. So do adventures, wonderfully told, that equip Ralph to take his father’s place when it becomes necessary.”
Little Britches was the literary debut of Ralph Moody, who wrote about the adventures of his family in eight glorious books, all available in Bison Books editions.
http://www.bisonbooks.com
Little Britches, Father and I Were Ranchers
Man of the Family
Horse of a Different Color
Shaking the Nickel Bush
The Fields of Home
Mary Emma & Company
The Dry Divide
Enjoy!
Yes. We love these, too.
Ladybird Tales Classics set. My 10 year old is dyslexic. My 9 year old is reluctant. My 7 year old is very advanced. My 3 year old is an enthusiastic non-reader. They all LOVE this easy to read set of classic stories!
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0723281831/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1480997702&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=ladybird+tales&dpPl=1&dpID=61a42cRsx3L&ref=plSrch
We enjoyed ready the Sophie series by Dick King-Smith. She is a spunky British girl who just wants to be a girl farmer and loves animals. She is definitely not a girly-girl. We read it aloud to our kiddos when my oldest was 5 if I remember correctly and she would sit through chapters. My husband and I enjoyed them as well. :)
Have you ever used the Fairy books? They are all different colors and we love them here!
The Grandma’s Attic series is one of our favorites for elementary aged girls!
Hi Sarah!
I clicked a few of these images, & it linked me to this odd, little RAR window (which I could not navigate or click through). I was hoping it would link to Amazon so I could purchase through your affiliate link! Maybe that’s what you meant for it to be? I am using mobile so maybe that’s making it tricky!?
Sorry about that- I think I fixed it.
For Christmas my 11 year old is receiving:
-Eragon Box Set
-Mother Daughter BookClub (already read via library, but a treasured fave)
We have booksets such as multiple Rick Riordian sets (Kane Chronicles, Percy Jackson, etc.) purchased via scholastic, Narnia, Little House, Beverly Cleary (purchased via Costco), Roal Dahl (Costco again), Harry Potter (2 full sets of those-one is MINE), FableHaven Series, etc.
We also have sets we have collected over time due to publishing-newer Rick Riordian books, Fancy Nancy and Olivia the Pig books, etc. You are totally right, treasuries rarely get read here and are HUGE and hard to hold.
We do have a Kindle Paperwhite that technically belongs to our Middle Schooler but she hates reading from it. We all just like to OWN books. Libraries are good, but we love the comfort of seeing old friends on the shelves. Sigh.