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Gift Wrap Service

Gift Wrap Service Hero

Books make the perfect gift - they're affordable, and matching the right book to the right reader can be a meaningful and life-changing experience. Book Hero offers a premium gifting service where we wrap your books in a high-quality paper with a ribbon and a themed card. You choose the books, your personalised message, and we take care of the rest.

Gift Wrap Example

What you need to know:

  • $5.95 per book
  • High quality kraft paper and luxury ribbon
  • Choose your gift theme
  • Send to yourself or directly to your loved one

How to add gift wrapping to your order:

Send as Gift Button Location

Click "Send as Gift" on the book's product page

Gift Options Form

Enter the recipient's name, choose your paper, and write your gift message!

Here's what our customers are saying about Book Hero's gifting service...

"Absolutely thrilled with the gift wrapping service – the presentation was beautiful and made the perfect book gift even more special!"

- Lauren

"I hugely appreciated the gift wrapping service for a recent (and very last minute) birthday gift! My order was processed, wrapped and delivered to another part of the country in a couple of days, and the giftee loved the personal touch!"

- Miah

"I used the gift wrap service and sent it to a friend for his birthday. He said that it was very cool, very cute and felt really personalised"

- Mikaylah

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    Romance, danger, and intrigue await you in the breathtaking sixth book in the #1 bestselling Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTAR) series.What was broken will be remade.Deep in the heart of the continent, Koschei the Deathless is stirring. Though he's been bound to a mountain lake for millennia, the insidious threat of his return now spreads across the Fae territories,...
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    $3199
    Elsewhere:
    $3699
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    Join the clicking fun with all new Clickeez. Each Clickee is a single keyboard key that clicks & clacks just like a real keyboard! You can connect your favourite characters together to create your own keychain and take them on the go. Series 3 features an all-new POP click sound and a new rounded shape! The Series 3 2-Pack includes...
    6 years or older
    $899
    Elsewhere:
    $1399
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    Bring Christmas closer one day at a time with this show-stopping Wasgij Advent Calendar - Christmas TV Special! There are 24 doors to open, each with its own 54-piece puzzle inside. It’s the busiest time of the year for Santa, not only because of all the presents he needs to deliver, but also because of the countless movies and TV...
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    $4699
    Elsewhere:
    $5495
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    $2499
    Elsewhere:
    $3000
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    Brain Box - Maximum Electronic Kit
    Brain Box - Maximum Electronic Kit offers 500 Experiments/Projects designed to teach principles of Electronics and Electricity. This kit enables experiments and kit building with ease, requiring practically no tools. The easy-to-handle components snap together to create a vast array of different circuits on the base board, providing many hours of fun while learning. The process of building the circuits...
    8 years or older
    $6999
    Elsewhere:
    $8999
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    I’ll Believe in Anything
    From Jacob Tierney, the creator of Heated Rivalry, in partnership with Brendan Brady and Accent Aigu, comes I’ll Believe in Anything, an official and complete collection of annotated scripts for the biggest cultural sensation of the year, with all new exclusive behind-the-scenes content.Based on Rachel Reid’s blockbuster Game Changers book series, Heated Rivalry premiered on Crave and HBO in late 2025 and immediately took the world by storm. I’ll...
    By Jacob Tierney
    Hardback
    $5499
    Elsewhere:
    $6000
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    Threshing Day
    The next book in the blockbuster Empyrean series, Threshing Day contains thirteen stories starring your favorite characters and their dragons. The deluxe first edition includes sixteen beautiful original full-color illustrations by artist Joe Requeza.    Rebecca Yarros is the #1 New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of over twenty novels, including Fourth Wing and In the...
    By Rebecca Yarros
    Hardback
    $6999
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    For real life - Bluey and her family have landed! This Bluey Tonie Set includes Bluey, Bingo, and Muffin, each packed with their very best adventures. From Grannies and Duck Cake disasters to Bin Night, Takeaway trouble, and full-on Muffin mayhem, there’s something for every kind of little listener. Expect big laughs, big feelings, and a few “trifficult” moments along...
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    By Liv Sisson
    Paperback
    $4199
    Elsewhere:
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    A Court of Splintered Harmony
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    By Sarah J. Maas
    Paperback
    $3199
    Elsewhere:
    $3699
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    Ships tomorrow
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    Nothing to Lose
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    By Nix Adams
    Paperback
    $3199
    Elsewhere:
    $3999
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    Paperback
    $2999
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    By Toby Morris
    Paperback
    $2799
    Elsewhere:
    $3299
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    The Wicked Powers: The Last King of Faerie
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    By Cassandra Clare
    Paperback
    $2799
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    By Suzanne Paul
    Paperback
    $3199
    Elsewhere:
    $3999
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    $2999
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