Christmas
One Snowy Night by M Christina Butler & Tina Macnaughton
We love Little Hedgehog, he really should be hibernating at Christmas but he wakes up on one snowy night because he’s so cold. When he receives a present from Father Christmas, the present doesn’t get used in quite the way it should be!
Snowy and Christmas’ Advent Calendar December 9th to 16th
The first thing our daughter does every morning is to run downstairs to see what Christmas and Snowy are doing and which book they have brought. The first eight days on our book Advent Calendar brought snowballs, music making, bubbles, stickers, sweetie filled shoes from St. Nicholas and while Christmas wrote cards, Snowy had fun playing…
Learning with Mr Willowby’s Christmas Tree by Robert Barry
Mr Willowby unknowingly spreads festive cheer when he chops the top off his Christmas tree. This lovely rhyming story can be used to stimulate Christmas tree arts, crafts, literacy and numeracy activities.
Happy Hooves Oh! Oh! Oh! by A. Bogie & Rebecca Elliott
This fun, festive rhyming story about The Happy Hooves gang includes snow, beautifully decorated trees, snazzy Christmas jumpers and a catchy, repetitive refrain.
Christmassy Picture Books
Are you reading any of your Christmassy picture books yet? We’ve read several new ones but have yet to get out our favourites from previous years. These are the books that we enjoyed reading last Christmas and include cats, rabbits, nursery rhyme and fairytale characters and an adorable big bear.
Katie’s London Christmas by James Mayhew
James Mayhew has combined the magic of a snowy Christmas Eve with many London sights including Trafalgar Square, Regent Street, Covent Garden, Big Ben and 10 Downing Street.
The Twelve Days of Christmas illustrated by Britta Teckentrup
The Twelve Days of Christmas is brought to life through Britta Teckentrup’s beautiful illustrations and this gorgeous peep-through picture book introduces even the littlest of children to the familiar, festive song.
Lucy’s Secret Reindeer by Anne Booth / Sophy Williams
Lucy’s Secret Reindeer is a beautifully written chapter book for younger children. It’s a lovely story to read in the run up to Christmas and it would be a perfect present for Saint Nicholas to put in a child’s shoes or boots on December 6th.
The Fairytale Hairdresser and Father Christmas by Abie Longstaff & Lauren Beard
We are huge fans of Kittie Lacey, The Fairytale Hairdresser, and love this Christmas story which includes the fairytale characters from the previous books.
Herman’s Letter by Tom Percival
I love the friendly relationship between Herman the bear and Henry the raccoon in Herman’s Letter. It’s a relationship that is tested when Henry has to move away. Children often have to deal with this situation and the story shows that being sad or jealous are normal emotions and you don’t have to lose contact…
