Here you’ll find some of my favourite Christmas and winter themed books. Featuring authors and illustrators from around the world, this selection includes favourite classics and lesser known (but no less wonderful) editions. It will uplift, make you hope, cry, laugh and prove it, again and again, that love and kindness conquer all.
Jan Brett’s Christmas Treasury is an old favourite loved by kids of all ages and adults alike. Jan Brett (born 1st December 1949) is an American illustrator and writer of children’s […]
“Christmas Treasury” by Jan Brett is a classic collection of Christmas magic Read More »
Christmas is the hottest time of the year in Australia. It’s a time for cold beer, beaches, barbecues and backyard cricket. Unlike the traditional cold and snowy winters we see
“A Bush Christmas” with Dee Huxley’s illustrations is quintessentially Australian Read More »
This book is by the acclaimed British author and illustrator Shirley Hughes. The story tells of a single Mum with two toddlers Bronwen and Dylan. She is making a living
“The Christmas Eve Ghost”: one family’s hardships in 1930’s Liverpool Read More »
This classic poem by the American professor of literature and theology Clement Clarke Moore (1779-1863) and the Australian master of illustration Robert Ingpen (born 1936) was first titled “A Visit
“The Night before Christmas”: Robert Ingpens’ Santa from my childhood’s imagination Read More »
Michael Foreman’s “Cat on the Hill” is a compilation of stories told by a stray Cat struggling through seasons and tough times. She used to live on a ship with
“Cat on the Hill” by Michael Foreman: kindness conquers all Read More »