Yesterday’s house belonged to Scrooge from Search and Find A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and Louise Pigott.
The Story: On Christmas Eve Scrooge refuses an invitation to spend Christmas with his nephew Fred and his employee Bob Cratchit goes home to his family.…
Yesterday’s two elf sweethearts are on the cover of Britta Teckentrup‘s beautifully illustrated The Twelve Days of Christmas.
The Story: Two elves sit on a snow covered branch. Surrounded by sparkly silver holly and snowflakes they look adoringly into each others’ eyes.…
Did you recognise the Queen yesterday? She’s looking for the perfect present in The Queen’s Present by Steve Anthony.
The Story: The Queen asks Father Christmas to help her to find the perfect present for the little prince and princess.…
Yesterday Badger was reading a bedtime story to Little Hedgehog and his friends in One Cosy Christmas by M Christina Butler and Tina Macnaughton.
The Story: Little Hedgehog and his friends have fun finding and decorating their Christmas tree. But during the night somebody snores, a biscuit is stolen from the tree and everybody wakes up grumpy.…
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. The…
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…
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.…