Curl up by the fire and share these children's books over the festive season. Most are recent releases, although some are favourites from previous years. We hope you will enjoy them all!
Ten Christmas books
Curl up by the fire and share these children's books over the festive season. Most are recent releases, although some are favourites from previous years. We hope you will enjoy them all!
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The Snow Queen
Andersen PressLynch's vivid yet ethereal illustrations capture the balance between the wondrous and the recognisable in this powerful story about the redemptive nature of love and the passing of time. -
Stick Man
Alison Green booksThe award-winning creators of The Gruffalo now present us with a modern variation on a long-established folk tale theme, which details the perilous adventures of a stick. -
Cat in the Manger
Andersen PressThe narrating voice in this cat's-eye Nativity story has the perfect blend of aloof cantankerousness and wonder. -
The Oxford Book of Christmas Poems
Oxford University PressThis magical anthology carries the reader from chilly December days, through the festive season to the New Year and then on to the first flowers of spring. -
The Happiest Man in the World
Hodder Children's BooksA Christmas story about the nature of happiness and the importance of giving, with full page, evocative and detailed illustrations making it ideal for classroom use. -
The Night Before Christmas
Collins Children's BooksThere have been countless editions of Clement's poem but none has transcended this one illustrated by talented artist Christian Birmingham. -
The Best of Times
EgmontThe Prince invites entertainers to the palace to cheer up the Princess. The puppeteers come too and perform the greatest story – the Christmas Nativity story. -
The Thirteen Days of Christmas
Oxford University PressSince their mother died, Annaple has frustrated her younger siblings with her over-zealous housekeeping, and terrible cooking. Overton creates a delightful tale of a close-knit family. -
The First Christmas
PuffinJan Pienkowski's silhouette illustrations lend an air of mystery and drama to this text, taken from the King James Bible. -
The Lion, the Unicorn and Me
ScholasticThe donkey is chosen to carry Mary to Bethlehem by an angel who prizes the animal’s humility over the regal prowess of a lion and the mystery of a unicorn.






