Can You Find Santa’s Pants? in time for him to deliver presents on Christmas Eve? This hilarious rhyming picture book leads Santa on a hectic search for underwear – through his house and out into the snow. It’s a madcap race against time during which we were torn between rushing to see if Santa’s search was successful while simultaneously wanting to savour all the wonderful details in the illustrations.…
Yesterday’s book cover shows Mary on a donkey in Refuge by Anne Booth and Sam Usher. This story was chosen by Emma Perry for Story Snug’s 2015 Advent Calendar.
The Story: A donkey carries a woman to Bethlehem where she gives birth to a baby.…
Big Bear is getting ready for Christmas with a very excited Ted in Is It Christmas Yet? by Jane Chapman.
The Story: An enthusiastic Ted cannot wait for Christmas and offers to help Big Bear with preparations. Present wrapping is particularly chaotic and then they go to look for the perfect Christmas tree.…
The little boy on yesterday’s Story Snug Advent Calendar has just been on a magical Christmas Eve ride on The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg. The Polar Express was chosen by ReadItDaddy and Charlotte for our 2015 #StorySnugAdvent Calendar.…
Lottie and Jack are the two little mice who have cat trouble in Jingle Bells by Nick Butterworth. We are very lucky to have a signed copy of the story which Jane Hissey also chose as a favourite Christmas book for our 2015 #StorySnugAdvent Calendar.…
Yesterday’s illustration was Raymond Briggs’ Father Christmas relaxing with a glass of wine. Emma Graham, Maudie Smith and Mat Tobin all chose this as their favourite Christmas picture book on previous Story Snug Advent Calendars.
The Story: We follow a grumpy Father Christmas as he goes about his work on Christmas Eve.…
Yesterday’s Father Christmas is on the cover of My Naughty Little Sister and Father Christmas by Dorothy Edwards and Shirley Hughes.
The Story: My Naughty Little Sister loves everything about Christmas but she doesn’t like Father Christmas. At school my naughty little sister admires all the decorations that the children have made and falls in love with a blue doll on the Christmas tree.…
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.…