Christmas
Christmas Bedtime Story Advent Calendar
I had so much fun making my daughter a Christmas Bedtime Story Advent Calendar. Each day during December she will open a door and find a picture of a Christmas story. Most of the stories are picture books but I have also chosen Christmas stories from Teddy Robinson, My Naughty Little Sister and The Moomins.
Little Grey Rabbit’s Christmas by Alison Uttley & Margaret Tempest
I loved the Little Grey Rabbit stories when I was younger and I still have my childhood copy of Little Grey Rabbit’s Christmas, my edition is from 1978. The stories are now being republished for another generation of younger readers to enjoy and for the older generation to revisit!
Christmas Colouring from Nosy Crow
It’s still early to be thinking about Christmas but not if you are thinking about doing some Christmas colouring in preparation for the festive season. This month Nosy Crow has published two beautifully illustrated Christmas colouring books, The Colouring Book of Cards and Envelopes CHRISTMAS and The Colouring Book of Beautiful Gift Boxes CHRISTMAS. The illustrations are absolutely…
Dec 24th: Emma Perry chooses Refuge
The Story: Refuge by Anne Booth and Sam Usher – a retelling of the Christmas story, with an important new angle.
Dec 23rd: Peter Bently chooses Baby Christmas
The Story: On Christmas Eve, Father Christmas goes off on his rounds while Mother Christmas stays at home to look after Baby Christmas. Baby Christmas wants to play at being his dad, so Mother Christmas puts him his baby sleigh pulled by little reindeer Rudolf Junior. She even gives him a few presents to pretend to…
Dec 22nd: Anne Booth chooses King John’s Christmas from Now We Are Six
I would like to propose one poem from the book by A.A. Milne ‘Now we are Six’. ‘King John’s Christmas’.
Dec 21st: Guy Parker-Rees chooses Happy Christmas Maisy
The Story: Happy Christmas Maisy is really not about the plot! Maisy does Christmassy things: buying and wrapping presents, baking, putting up decorations and stockings. Then there’s a knock at the door…
Dec 19th: Polly Faber chooses Lucy & Tom at Christmas
The Story: Lucy & Tom at Christmas is a simple account of the preparations for a family Christmas and the day itself, told with Hughes’ characteristic warmth and eye for detail. It recalls much of my own childhood experience of the day and captures the essence of what I would love my own children to…
Dec 18th: Colin West chooses Once in Royal David’s City
I’m choosing a real oldie as my favourite, Once in Royal David’s City, published in 1956, it’s almost as old as me!
Dec 17th: Jane Hissey chooses Jingle Bells
The Story: Jingle Bells is the story of two little mice who live in a barn and are having trouble with the farm cat. He creeps up on them, eats their store of Christmas food and tricks Father Christmas into not leaving them any presents. Something has to be done! With the help of a friend…
