Curl up by the fireside with an enchanting collection of Christmas stories from Britain`s best-loved children`s author, Michael Morpurgo. Lose yourself in faraway lands & unexpected adventures with five tales from the master story-teller, alongside sumptuous artwork by world-renowned illustrators Quentin Blake, Emma Chichester Clark, Michael Foreman, Sophie Allsopp & Helen Stephens. ...

A heartwarming collection of your favourite Christmas classics that are sure to get you into the festive spirit. Filled with tales of family, presents & all the joy that Christmas brings! From frolicking goblins in the graveyards of Dickens` The Pickwick Papers, to the importance of giving gifts in O. Henry`s The Gift of the Magi, this collection is the perfect Christmas gift. ...

A collection of six original festive stories telling tales of fake Father Christmases, stolen diamonds & a best-dressed Snowman competition
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A delightful first storybook designed for older babies. CHRISTMAS STORIES is a unique way for parents & babies to share classic Christmas stories together, including the Nutcracker, the Snow Queen & the Nativity. Each spread has finger trails cut into the page, & textured illustrations for little hands to trace. The trails wind their way around beautiful, festive illustrations, designed to capture the imagination & the spirit of Christmas. Carefully placed, lively rhyming text is a springboard for readers to take the story into new directions of their own. Each spread is a complete story that allows the baby & parent to spend time looking, talking about, exploring & touching the page. The perfect start to the festive season with young children. Other titles: BEDTIME STORIES, PLAYTIME STORIES. ...

The Black & White Christmasphere ornament features white land masses with silver latitude & longitude markings on a black ball. Each Christmasphere comes complete with an elegant gold cord & matching gold cap. The 8cm (3) Christmasphere is an ideal Christmas tree decoration for any home & any tree; exquisitely crafted, each sphere is hand silk-screened on the interior surface for long-lasting beauty. Spherical Concepts ...

The Crystal Christmasphere has translucent white land masses & longitude & latitude markings, silk screened to look like hand etching. Each Christmasphere comes complete with an elegant gold cord & matching gold cap. The 8cm (3) Christmasphere is an ideal Christmas tree decoration for any home & any tree; exquisitely crafted, each sphere is hand silk-screened on the interior surface for long-lasting beauty. Spherical Concepts ...

The Gold Christmasphere ornament features exquisite metallic-gold land masses with silver latitude & longitude markings, on a clear, see through ball. Each Christmasphere comes complete with an elegant gold cord & matching gold cap. The 8cm (3) Christmasphere is an ideal Christmas tree decoration for any home & any tree; exquisitely crafted, each sphere is hand silk-screened on the interior surface for long-lasting beauty. Spherical Concepts ...

` Just you think, ` wrote one soldier to his family, `that while you were eating your turkey I was out talking with the very men I had been trying to kill a few hours before!` Christmas, 1914. The first winter of the First World War. In a conflict infamous for its horror & brutality, enemy shook hands with enemy. Soldiers shared rations, exchanged souvenirs, & even played football on a frost-covered No Man`s L&. This Christmas truce was not just a brief interlude in one place. The ceasefire between the trenches extended over at least two-thirds of the British line & there were similar ceasefires in the French & Belgian sectors of the Western Front. In some areas the peaceable mood lingered well into 1915. But behind the festive cheer & acceptance of shared experience, the inevitable renewal of hostilities loomed large. Malcolm Brown & Shirley Seaton have combed war diaries, talked to participants & consulted a wide range of contemporary letters, diaries & newspapers to produce this unique account. ...

Based on real events & people, this story of a small girl`s Christmas holiday in a large Edwardian country house is effortlessly funny. At Tamerlane Hall, Evelyn finds a horde of children: the gentle Glens, the plaintive Howliboos, & above all, the uninhibited Savages. They are controlled
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A satisfyingly challenging puzzle adventure for young children with a picture puzzle to solve on every double page. Designed to help develop essential skills including visual discrimination, sorting & matching, this book also tests readers` comprehension, maths & logic skills. Stickers add a further interactive element. ...