Yesterday Winnie the Witch posted a letter to Santa in Winnie and Wilbur meet Santa by Valerie Thomas and Korky Paul.
The Story: Winnie the Witch and her cat Wilbur are busy with all their Christmas preparations and once they have baked and decorated they write and post their letters to Santa.…
Yesterday’s image showed Mia riding a reindeer in Last Stop on the Reindeer Express by Maudie Powell-Tuck and Karl James Mountford.
The Story: Mia has made Daddy a card but he’s away and Mum says that he won’t get it in time for Christmas.…
Yesterday’s image showed Pip and Posy making paperchains, stars and hearts in Pip and Posy The Christmas Tree by Axel Scheffler.
The Story: Pip and Posy choose a tree and put it in a pot. Then they bake biscuits and hang them on the tree.…
Yesterday’s special delivery was Mr Willowby’s Christmas Tree by Robert Barry.
The Story: Mr Willowby’s Christmas Tree is too tall for his parlour so the butler chops the top off and gives it to the maid. It is too tall for the maid’s mantelpiece so she chops the top off and Timm, the gardener, rescues it. …
Yesterday’s image came from a book recommended by Book Monster Ally on our 2017 Story Snug Advent Calendar – The Christmas Truce by Hilary Robinson and Martin Impey.
The Story: This is a historical non-fiction story taking us back to the trenches in World War One. We are in the midst of war, but on Christmas Eve, a group of exhausted soldiers start to sing ‘Stille Nacht’.…
Frog and Bear spent a magical Christmas together, although it wasn’t at The Christmas Extravaganza Hotel by Tracy Corderoy and Tony Neal.
The Story: Bear is planning a quiet Christmas when an excited Frog turns up on his doorstep.…
Did you guess that Princess Eliza was riding in Santa’s sleigh yesterday? She’s a very inventive and determined princess who helps Santa and his elves in The Princess and the Christmas Rescue by Caryl Hart and Sarah Warburton.
The Story: Princess Eliza lives in a palace in the middle of the forest but she doesn’t have any friends as the King and Queen think it’s too dangerous for her to go out.…
Did you guess that the little girl from yesterday’s book was Katie from Katie’s London Christmas by James Mayhew? She’s just come down one of Buckingham Palace’s chimneys.
The Story: It’s Christmas Eve and Katie and her brother Jack are sleeping at Grandma’s house when they are woken by a loud sneeze.…
Yesterday’s stamp came from a very important letter that a brave little mouse called Winston needed to deliver to Father Christmas. Winston is the main character in How Winston Delivered Christmas – An Advent Story in twenty-four-and-a-half chapters by Alex T Smith.…
Did you guess that yesterday’s reindeer, wearing their flashy underpants, came from the hilarious Aliens Love Panta Claus by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort?
The Story: On Christmas Eve the aliens pack their spaceship with underpants and fly off to help Santa with his preparations.…