Curl up by the fire and share these children's books over the festive season.

Most are new releases, although some are favourites from previous years. We hope you will enjoy them all!

  • The Lion, the Unicorn and Me

    By Jeanette Winterson

    Jeanette Winterson's beautiful retelling of the Christmas story, is seen through the eyes of a donkey who is present at the Nativity.
    The Lion, the Unicorn and Me review

  • Cat in the Manger

    By Michael Foreman

    Long ago, a cat lived in a barn and his job was to catch mice. The thing he can't stand is donkeys - they kick! - so he remembers the night a man and a woman arrive on one.
    Cat in the Manger review

  • The Best of Times

    By Michael Morpurgo

    Prince Frederico and Princess Serafina are married and should live happily ever after, but the Princess becomes sad.
    The Best of Times review

  • The First Christmas

    By Jan Pienkoski

    Jan Pienkowski's silhouette illustrations lend an air of mystery and drama to this text, taken from the King James Bible.
    The First Christmas review

  • The Oxford Book of Christmas Poems

    By Michael Harrison and Christopher Stuart Clarke

    When the days get shorter and the temperature falls, thoughts turn to Christmas, past and present, and what it signifies for each of us.
    The Oxford Book of Christmas Poems review

  • The Snow Queen

    By Hans Christian Andersen

    The Snow Queen is one of Anderson's most haunting stories, combining as it does familiar fairy-tale patterns with his own more naturalistic mysticisim.
    The Snow Queen review

  • Stick Man

    By Julia Donaldson

    The 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.
    Stick Man review

  • The Night Before Christmas

    By Clement C Moore

    This sumptuously produced book perfectly conveys the excitement and magic of Christmas Eve and injects Clement C. Moore’s classic poem with new life.
    The Night Before Christmas review

  • The Thirteen Days of Christmas

    By Jenny Overton

    A timely republication of a Christmas story which Hughes’ illustrations set in the early seventeenth century.
    The Thirteen Days of Christmas review

  • The Happiest Man in the World

    By Mij Kelly

    Mouse lives alone and doesn’t like people, although she does like stealing their food.
    The Happiest Man in the World review