My top favourite is called ‘Santa Claus had a Busy Night‘ – it’s an old ladybird book my Dad used to read to me every Christmas eve and I’ve carried on this tradition with my girls. I clearly remembering reading it to Connie when she was just 3 weeks old, bouncing on my birthing ball because this was the best way to comfort her and get her off to sleep!! The story is a traditional, heart-warming tale of how Santa gets ready on Christmas Eve and delivers all the presents to children around the world. I remember being fascinated by the page where Santa goes from hot countries to cold countries – this concept is one that not all children may initially grasp so it’s a good talking point about how Christmas isn’t cold for everyone. It also addresses how some children may not be staying at their own homes or have a chimney and finally it finishes with a lovely message of how it’s important to be grateful for what you have received.
After discovering there’s a problem with the rockets on Santa’s sleigh, Mrs Claus and Santa set about auditioning all the animals in the North Pole to see if they can help pull Santa’s sleigh. They finally discover that reindeers can fly and that they are the perfect animal to pull Santa’s sleigh on Christmas Eve and save Christmas. This endearing, modern tale with wonderful illustrations also features an informative page at the end which explains how all of Santas reindeer must be females as males shed their antlers in the winter. Buy this book here.
This book is part of a series of books by Tom Flether which is a hilarious Christmas addition to your bookshelf! It’s full of funny, interactive activities for children to do as the story unfolds, like shaking the book, telling jokes and singing a Christmas song. Fantastic for engaging children in reading and checking your officially on the nice list! Buy this book here.
An award winning book, which takes you on the adventures of the Jolly Postman as he delivers letters to all his fairy tale classic friends such as the Little Red Riding Hood, The Gingerbread Man and Humpty Dumpty. Inside the book there are a whole host of letters with activities, puzzles and games, making it an enjoyable, interactive book to read together and also inspire other activities such a letter writing and postman role-play games. Buy this book here.
For our younger readers this book is part of the ‘Tale of Acorn Wood’ series by Julia Donaldson. Filled with gorgeous flaps for our children to open this wintery tale is a brilliant one to read this Christmas. Buy this book here.
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