Still looking for the perfect holiday gift? Some of our favorite gifts to give each year are books. After all, you never have to worry about getting the wrong size!

James Patterson, one of the world’s top selling authors of all time, has two new books just in time for the holidays and he joins us in the Bolder Books spotlight to preview them.

The Alex Cross series is the most popular detective series in the past 25 years. Cross Justice is the latest, and in it, Cross returns to his North Carolina hometown for the first time in over three decades. Patterson explains what brings him home.

Patterson has also released the latest chapter in the hilarious I Funny series of books for kids. In I Funny TV, his main character Jamie Grimm hits the big time, but he soon discovers that fame may not be all it’s cracked up to be.

Patterson also explains to Growing Bolder why he believes there’s no greater gift a parent or grandparent can give a child than a love of reading.

Learn much more about James Patterson’s books, plus the JIMMY imprint at JamesPatterson.com.

Disclosure: promotional consideration for this segment provided by Little, Brown and Company