Best books and other presents for boy's 8th birthday please

[goonIcantakeit]

all help gratefully received....

has read Roald Dahl.

has 10-year-old brother so house is already full of (unused) lego

wants ipod touch but that isn't going to happen......

he's not that good at sport and just got a new bike
is going to get a new two-wheel scooter and a badminton set.

I'm stuck! please help! What did you get your eight year old?

[Uptheairymountain]

If you want to buy him a book, he might enjoy Terry Pratchett's Bromeliad or Johnny trilogies.

[veryconfusedatthemoment]

My DS is 8 as well this summer. His reading is not good so I am buying story CDs - famous 5 and HP - 1st book only (that is still 8 CDs!). DS doesn't have great motor skills so I have also bought a great catching game from Hamleys.
www.hamleys.com/Hamleys_Snap_It_-Catching_Game%7C_Hamleys_Toys/364380,default,pd.html

[HeathcliffeItsMe]

Eoin Colfer books?

[pollywollydoodle]

these are fab...easy to throw a long way and they howl
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B005QD3058/ref=mw_dp_img?is=l&qid=1374969057&sr=8-1&tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-21

[pollywollydoodle]

oops
[ www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B005QD3058/ref=mw_dp_img?is=l&qid=1374969057&sr=8-1&tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-21]

[pollywollydoodle]

i give up...nerf howlers, £9.99 on amazon

[pollywollydoodle]

and the diary of a wimpy kid and tim gates books are great for tbis age

[pollywollydoodle]

not my night.. tom gates

[goonIcantakeit]

thank you! I'll look those up