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Cat Family Christmas: advent lift-the-flap book - Lucy Brownridge

2024-01-25T17:06:12+00:00

Vendor: Frances Lincoln
Type: Books
Price: 8.99

Count down to Christmas with the Cat Family in this lift-the-flap advent book with more than 140 doors to open, as you help them decorate, bake and prepare the house for the holiday season.

With a nod to nostalgic Victorian advent calendars, open up tiny but sturdy flap 'doors' on each one of the 24 pages to reveal little details and surprises. Every page is rich with Liberty print-style pick-and-mix patterns and William Morris-inspired friezes.

Peer inside the cupboard doors and different-sized tins in the busy Cat Family kitchen to find the missing ingredients for the cake. Open all the front doors on the street when the Cat Family go carol singing.

The Cat Family are full of character and personality, and the holiday season in this charming picture book will fill you and your family with Christmas cheer!

Story Orchestra: The Nutcracker - Jessica Courtney-Tickle

2024-01-25T17:05:54+00:00

Vendor: Frances Lincoln
Type: Books
Price: 16.99

Music and story combine in this gorgeous version of the famous ballet, The Nutcracker. Follow Clara on a magical Christmas adventure and press the buttons to hear excerpts of Tchaikovsky's beautiful music. Watch the Nutcracker battle the Mouse King, meet the sugar Plum Fairy and journey to the Land of Sweets, with accompanying music from The Dance Of The Reed Flutes, The Waltz of Flowers and The Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy. This is a wonderful book to read in the run-up to Christmas, or indeed, any time of year!

Brown Bear Wood - The Twelve Days Of Christmas - Rachel Piercey

2023-11-30T13:39:13+00:00

Vendor: Magic Cat
Type: Books
Price: 4.79

Follow Bear as he sets off on a festive Christmas present hunt adventure with his friends in the forest. Can you help them?

Charmingly illustrated by Freya Hartas, this board book is set to rollicking rhyming song with 12 presents to find and count. A sweet addition to the Brown Bear Wood series and the perfect Christmas gift – full of the joys of winter!

The Great Big Christmas Tree Hunt: lift the flap book - Ekaterina Trukhan

2023-10-25T12:03:44+01:00

Vendor: Nosy Crow
Type: Books
Price: 7.79

A charming interactive Christmas book from the National Trust - perfect for sharing this festive season!

Follow Polar Bear as he sets off on an exciting lift-the-flap adventure. But all is not quite as it seems . . . Will Polar Bear ever find any decorations to put on his tree? Or will he find something even better along the way?

With lots of sturdy flaps to lift on every page and a simple story introducing cute animal characters, this delightful Christmas board book is full of surprises.

The Christmas Songbook: sing along with 8 classic carols - Amy Adele

2023-10-25T10:53:00+01:00

Vendor: Magic Cat
Type: Books
Price: 12.00

Sing along with eight festive tunes as you join in the Mouse Family's preparations for a magical day! There's a cosy Christmas story with rhyming texts to read. Simply press the page to hear the songs in this interactive sound book, which also includes the song lyrics and sheet music for budding musicians. Packed with Christmas spirit, this is the perfect book to help readers aged 4+ celebrate the festive season.

Songs include: We Wish You a Merry Christmas, Jingle Bells, Deck the Halls, O Holy Night, Silent Night, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Joy to the World and O Christmas Tree.

If I Had A Polar Bear - Alex Barrow & Gabby Dawnay

2023-10-02T13:49:16+01:00

Vendor: Thames & Hudson
Type: Books
Price: 11.99

What would it be like to have a polar bear as a pet? It might be an unconventional choice, but it would be sure to give the best bear hugs...

Polar bears are cuddly but they're also very strong. As marine mammals, they can swim for days at a time – that's serious perseverance! So if Santa ever needed help delivering his presents, guess who he would call? Join our funny female protagonist as she wonders 'what would life be like... if I had a polar bear?'

We love these vibrantly illustrated, charming bedtime stories about different pets. Check out the other books in the series: If I Had A Vampire Bat and If I Had A Sleepy Sloth, too.

Monsters At Christmas - Laura Baker

2023-09-26T21:18:39+01:00

Vendor: Happy Yak
Type: Books
Price: 4.79

Merry monsters, hairy monsters, monsters trailing slime. Shiny monsters, tiny monsters, all at Christmas time!

Children will love this super-fun book, packed with hilarious monsters preparing for Christmas. Follow the monsters as they play in the snow and slide on the ice, decorate the house and go shopping for presents... and watch out for Santa monster hiding in every scene!

There is plenty to spot on every page, with playful, bright artwork, and lots of festive silliness. Spot Sprinkle monster baking up a storm, Teeth monster decking all the halls, and Roar monster trying out Santa’s sleigh!

We love the bold and bright illustrations, along with a simple narrative and a gentle rhyme that's perfect for reading aloud. This book is ideal for preschoolers and early readers as they build up their vocabulary and reading confidence.

Check out Monsters In Trucks, too.

'Twas The Night Before Christmas: Stories From The Music Box - Clement C. Moore

2023-09-25T20:38:15+01:00

Vendor: Magic Cat
Type: Books
Price: 12.00

What a beautiful gift for the Christmas season! Celebrate the magic of music and the classic Twas Night Before Christmas story with this lovely interactive book. It has a wind-up mechanism that sounds just like a musical jewellery box, so you can play Deck The Halls as you enjoy this wonderfully illustrated retelling of the festive tale.

Check out The Nutcracker in the same series, too.

The Nutcracker: Stories From The Music Box - Lily McArdle

2023-09-25T20:34:47+01:00

	Vendor: Magic Cat Type: Books Price: 12.00
What a beautiful gift for the Christmas season! Celebrate the magic of music and The Nutcracker ballet story with this lovely interactive book. It has a wind-up mechanism that sounds just like a musical jewellery box, so you can play the beautiful Waltz of the Flowers as you enjoy this wonderfully illustrated retelling of the magical tale.

Christmas Is Coming! An Advent Calendar Book - Katie Hickey

2023-09-25T20:11:43+01:00

Vendor: Abrams
Type: Books
Price: 7.79

This is a super take on an advent calendar with a lovely new Christmas tradition for every day of December. Open a flap on the book's cover to reveal a clue to a festive activity that's found inside the book. There are all sorts of excellent ideas: delicious recipes, cosy craft instruction, games to play, carols to sing or a beautifully illustrated story to read and share. You'll love revisiting these ideas for Christmases to come!

The Story Orchestra: Swan Lake - Jessica Courtney Tickle

2023-09-21T13:31:22+01:00

Vendor: Frances Lincoln
Type: Books
Price: 16.99

This is a gorgeous retelling of the classic ballet tale, Swan Lake, brought to life with music. Press the button on each page to hear each of the 10 excerpts of Tchaikovsky's original orchestral music to accompany the story. This hardback book is a beautiful gift to reread and treasure.

Prince Siegfried follows an enchanting flock of swans to a clearing by a lake, where four of the little cygnets begin to dance. The most beautiful swan transforms into Princess Odette, who tells him that she has been cursed to turn into a swan by day and return to her natural form at night by the evil sorcerer. As the prince and Odette dance, they begin to fall in love. But the prince is tricked into proposing to the sorcerer's daughter Odile and returns to the lake to battle him. Will the prince be reunited with his swan princess?

Check out the best-selling Story Orchestra: The Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty, too.

Where's Mr Polar Bear? - Ingela P Arrhenius

2023-04-12T11:22:44+01:00

Vendor: Nosy Crow
Type: Books
Price: 6.99

Ingela P Arrhenius' bright, bold and friendly illustrations make this a charming wintry board book to share with very little ones. Each page has a sweet character hiding behind a brightly coloured felt flap for babies and toddlers to find – Mrs Walrus, Mr Hare, Mrs Reindeer and of course, Mr Polar Bear, plus there's a mirror at the end for a game of peekaboo.

Check out the other lift-the-flap books in the series: Where's Mr Owl, Where's Mrs Unicorn and Where's Mr Lion.

Little Country Cottage: A Winter Treasury of Recipes, Crafts and Wisdom - Angela Ferraro-Fanning

2022-10-24T23:40:19+01:00

Vendor: Ivy Kids
Type: Books
Price: 9.99

Celebrate winter with this seasonal treasury of nature-based crafts, baking recipes and gardening projects for the season, inspired by the homesteading lifestyle with self-sufficient and eco-friendly fun, charmingly illustrated by AnneliesDraws.

Locally printed on 100% recycled paper, this lovely book includes:

Easy yet delicious winter recipes and treats that introduce young readers to local and seasonal eating, from berry cookies, to hot cocoa recipes to warm up after a winter walk.
How to use up unloved parts of produce, such as carrot tops to make a kitchen windowsill garden for a naturally zero-waste way of living.
Accessible and fun crafts, such as salt-dough ornaments and foraged foliage wreaths.
Seasonal gardening and growing projects: planting bare root berry bushes in the ground or in containers, which can be done in a garden or a balcony.

Woven alongside the cooking, crafting, and planting projects are little snippets of seasonal information and self-sufficient wisdom from homesteading teacher Angela Fanning of Axe and Root Homestead, with a focus on enjoying and celebrating the best of what winter has to offer.