Picture Books
Dec 17th: Laura Watkinson chooses The Jolly Christmas Postman
Author: Allan Ahlberg / Illustrator: Janet Ahlberg The Story: The Jolly Christmas Postman is a classic festive story about a jolly postman delivering letters to all kinds of familiar fairytale characters.
Dec 16th: Otter chooses Winnie and Wilbur MEET SANTA
Author: Valerie Thomas / Illustrator: Korky Paul The Story: In this book Winnie the Witch and her cat Wilbur find Santa stuck in their chimney (why does this never happen to me!?).
Dec 15th: Steven Lenton chooses The Christmas Truce
My favourite Christmas book is the relatively recently published ‘The Christmas Truce’ by Carol Ann Duffy, illustrated by one of my illustration idols, David Roberts.
Dec 14th: Chitra Soundar chooses What’s Cooking, Jamela?
The Story: In What’s Cooking, Jamela? Mama plans a chicken dinner for Christmas Day, and she gives Jamela the job of fattening up their chicken.
Dec 13th: John Shelley chooses Christmas 1993 or Santa’s Last Ride
The Story: Actually published in 1987, Christmas 1993 or Santa’s Last Ride is a picture book in rhyming verse describing how Santa is overwhelmed by the stress of the job and the modern world.
Dec 12th: Duncan Beedie chooses How The Grinch Stole Christmas!
Author / Illustrator: Theodor Seuss Geisel
Dec 11th: Book Monster Ally chooses The Christmas Truce
Author: Hilary Robinson / Illustrator: Martin Impey
Dec 10th: Sanne Dufft chooses Tom’s Christmas Fish
The Story: While Grandfather buys the Christmas tree, Tom offers to buy the fish (a carp, which is traditionally eaten for Christmas dinner in Prague where the story is set).
Dec 9th: Giles Paley-Phillips chooses The Jolly Christmas Postman
Author: Allan Ahlberg / Illustrator: Janet Ahlberg The Story: The Jolly Christmas Postman is delivering lots of gifts to a whole range of well known fairytale characters.
Dec 8th: Claire Zinkin (aka MinervaMoan) chooses The Snowman
The Story: A young boy builds a snowman in the garden. In the middle of the night he wakes, and sees that the snowman has come alive.
