Books for 5 yo and 8 yo

Some of our friends are willing to donate us some of their old baby-books, so we will go someday to choose something interesting. But we are thinking to make a little present for them, too.
The girl, 8yo, apparently likes to knit. Cool. I am thinking of giving her a book about knitting doll-clothes, but maybe she does not play with dolls anymore? This is one of the possibilities:

Strikk koselige klær til dukken by Målfrid Gausel

For the boy, 5yo, something more universal. Sven Nordkvist, maybe?