Red Fox
Dec 20th: Alex English chooses Father Christmas Needs a Wee
Author / Illustrator: Nicholas Allan
Dec 5th: Rebecca Colby chooses Father Christmas Needs a Wee
Author / Illustrator: Nicholas Allan
Happy Birthday Shirley Hughes!
Happy 90th Birthday Shirley Hughes! Shirley Hughes’ picture books were a staple of my primary school years and we often borrowed her stories from the library. Her instantly recognisable illustrations immediately transport me back to the book corner in my school classrooms and one of my most cherished childhood books is my well-loved copy of…
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 15th: Jo Clarke chooses Jesus’ Christmas Party
The Story: ThJesus’ Christmas Party is is a hilarious retelling of the Nativity story told from the point of view of the Innkeeper. There was nothing the innkeeper liked more than a good night’s sleep but he keeps getting disturbed by constant knocks on the door. From shepherds, to kings, bright stars and angels a very…
Dec 10th: Amy Sparkes chooses One Winter’s Night
The Story: One winter’s night, a badger arrives in the forest, cold and hungry. There is little food in the harsh wintertime, but something special about the kind, gentle badger moves Fox, Mouse and Hare. They each help as best they can, and Badger goes on his way. But the storms are getting worse and the…
Dec 9th: Clara Vulliamy chooses Lucy & Tom at Christmas
The Story: In Lucy & Tom at Christmas two small children prepare for a traditional family Christmas. The story begins with them stirring the pudding, and ends with them seen through the window on the evening of Christmas Day, their home all lit up and shining out into the darkness, beneath a message for us…
Dec 4th: David Cadji-Newby chooses Father Christmas Needs A Wee
The Story: In Father Christmas Needs a Wee Father Christmas is busily flying around the world, delivering gifts. At every stop off, he’s given some form of liquid (non-alcoholic) refreshment – with the inevitable consequence that, fairly soon, he’s desperate to use the loo. We’ve all been there.
Dec 3rd: Abie Longstaff chooses How The Grinch Stole Christmas!
The Story: Unlike the rest of the town, the mean old Grinch doesn’t like Christmas. He thinks it’s just about giving presents and eating feasts. So he sets about stealing all the gifts and food…but he soon realises that, for the Whos in Whoville, Christmas is really about sharing and friendship and love.
