Product Description

Traditional favourites, legends from around the world and modern retellings of classic Christmas stories feature in this sparkling collection. Charming stories, whether familiar or less well known, will entertain readers of all ages, and get them into a festive mood. This beautiful book has been carefully compiled to appeal to both boys and girls. It will find a place in any home. Funny and sad, magical and mysterious, these stories and their stunning illustrations capture the true spirit of Christmas.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3061 in Books
• Published on: 2006-11-06
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

About the Author
Ian Whybrow is an award-winning author with over sixty picture books and novels to his credit. Described as "a major talent" (T.E.S.), he won the UKRA award, the 1996 TBS Birmingham Children's Book Award and the Talkies Award for Best Book and Tape (with Griff Rhys Jones) for Little Wolf's Book of Badness (HarperCollins). Quacky Quack Quack (Walker) was shortlisted for the Smarties Prize and Harry and the Snow King (Levinson) was Waterstone's Book of the Month. Little Farmer Joe and A Baby for Grace (Kingfisher) have received widespread praise. Ian is married with two daughters and divides his time between Harrow and Hertfordshire.

Customer Reviews

A book full of Christmas Spirit
A lovely collection of classic traditional christmas stories for the whole family to enjoy with beautiful illustrations. Ideal for reading aloud. There are 14 classic stories from The Nutcracker, Three Wise Men, The Fir Tree, Christmas Every Day, Old Pierre's Christmas Visitors, Aunt Cyrilla's Christmas Basket, The Elves and the shoe maker, Becky's Christmas Dream by Louse May Alcott, extracts from Classic Christmas Stories - Christmas at Mole End and The Cratchis Christmas Dinner

These stories all tell of the true meaning of christmas spirit with a thought of others who are less fortunate!

This book will defiantly get the whole family in the christmas mood year after year! A book to treasure!