Festive Children’s Books
Festive Children’s Books
As the days grow colder, snuggle up with these festive picture and board books for children
Gaspard's Christmas
Zeb Soanes and James Mayhew
£8.99
Age 5-7 | Available in hardback and paperback | 36 pages
Whilst searching for food in the snow-covered streets, Gaspard makes an astonishing discovery and, with the help of his friends, might just have saved Christmas. A heart-warming festive adventure for London’s handsomest fox.
Proceeds from Gaspard's Christmas go towards St. Martin-in-the-Fields, a charity that is committed to helping those who have become, or are becoming, homeless. St. Martin-in-the-Fields support frontline workers across the UK work towards ensuring that everyone experiencing homelessness can secure, and keep, a safe place to live.
‘A wonderfully warm-heated animal adventure.’ Sunday Times
Listen to Gaspard’s Christmas soundtrack by Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Zeb Soanes and RSNO Youth Chorus.
Download the sheet music by Jonathan Dove and Zeb Soanes for orchestra, choir and narrator
You and Rabbit Make a Snowman
Jemma Beeke and Tiphanie Beeke
£8.99
Ages 0-3| Board book | 20 pages |200 x 200mm
Build a snowman with Rabbit in this interactive board book for ages 0-3. With Tiphanie’s illustrations interacting with Jemma’s words, the reader is guided towards using their hands and fingers to walk across the snow, scoop the snow up and tap underneath the book as you, with the help of Rabbit, build a snowman.
Mouse and Mole Lo and Behold
Joyce Dunbar and James Mayhew
£7.99
Ages 5-7| Available in hardback and paperback| 32 pages | 200x250mm
Celebrate this festive season with three Mouse and Mole short stories by Joyce Dunbar and James Mayhew.
Snowmole
Mole wakes one morning to find the ground is covered in snow! Mouse and Mole decide to build their very own snowy friend –Snowmole – but Mole doesn’t want to leave him alone so decides to keep him company all night long and wakes to find another snowy surprise.
Lo and Behold!
Mole is impatiently waiting for Christmas to come when Mouse presents Mole with a brilliant gift – an advent calendar! Mouse and Mole use the advent
calendar to countdown to Christmas and complete all the festive chores that need to be done and before they know it…it’s Christmas Eve!
A Bump in the Night
Late at night on Christmas Eve, Mouse and Mole are getting ready for bed, when they realise they’ve forgotten a few important tasks – putting the stockings by the chimney, leaving the mince pies and cherry brandy out for Father Christmas and sending their Christmas lists – but as they finish these jobs something goes BUMP! in the night…
Three charming short stories all matched with beautiful and warm hearted illustrations make this a perfect book to share at any time and especially in the run up to Christmas!’ Julie Eccleshare, Love Reading 4 Kids
Fletcher and the Snowflake Christmas
Julia Rawlinson and Tiphanie Beeke
£8.99
Ages 3-5| Available in paperback and hardback| 32 pages | 200x250mm
It’s Christmas Eve and Fletcher has had a terrible thought – what if Father Christmas can’t find the rabbits’ new burrow to deliver their presents?
Luckily, Fletcher has just the right idea to help him find his way...
Join Fletcher and his friends as they set about making Christmas perfect in this enchanting seasonal story.
'This heart-warming story about kindness and friendship embodies the essence of Christmas and is a great way to impart these values to your child.' The Children's Book Nook
Meet Rita. She’s a little girl with very big ideas. When Rita gets cross she imagines she has a ferocious dragon that will make the world shudder with anger. But even the hottest tempers can be soothed and Rita’s mum knows just how.
'This brilliant picture book is a great way to show young children how we can work through life’s problems and emotions.' Carolyn Copland, The School Librarian
The Winter Dragon
Caroline Pitcher and Sophy Williams
£7.99
3+| Paperback | 32 pages | 250 x 200mm
Rory is afraid of winter’s darkness. He thinks that monsters and demons might creep out from the shadows. So Rory makes a Winter Dragon of emerald green, with a crest of brilliant red.
Each night the dragon comes alive to tell stories of knights and battles, of elf-kings and treasure-hoards – and through his dreamtime adventures, Rory grows brave. But as spring approaches, the Winter Dragon dreams of returning to his fiery home.
The Winter Dragon is also available in Welsh
'There’s a lot to talk about in this comforting bedtime story, and Caroline Pitcher’s imaginative language is beautifully complemented by Sophy Williams’ dreamy chalk-pastel artwork.' Berlie Doherty