Dear Father Christmas

Text: Jeanne Willis, Wikipedia

Illustrations: Rosie Reeve

Year: 2008

Publisher: Puffin Books

Age: 4 - 8 years

No. of Pages: 32

Book Type: Picture Book, Christmas

ISBN:  978 0 14150 209 0

This warm festive book is essentially a kind little girl’s Christmas letter to the Christmas Father. (Hmmm… The book doesn’t use the name Santa Claus, once!) Her requests are quite nice, refreshingly so.

She doesn’t ask for toys (she has enough, she says) but for genuine and heartfelt wishes. She’d like a little baby brother and for her Grandma to come and stay with her forever and so on.

There’s a little twist at the end, too. :-)

Excerpt

Dear Father Christmas,

I’ve been very, very good ….

I’m writing you this letter

Because Mummy said I should.

Little Rabbit’s Christmas

By Harry Horse, Wikipedia

Year: 2007

Publisher: Puffin Books, UK

Age: 4 – 8 years

No. of Pages: 32

Book Type: Picture Book

ISBN: 978 0 14056 963 6

Little Rabbit has spotted the perfect gift that he’d like for Christmas. He is ecstatic when his wish is fulfilled but finds it hard to share his gift with friends. A twist of events causes Little Rabbit to have a change of heart when his friends show him exemplary kindness. They share their precious Christmas gifts with Little Rabbit so that he can enjoy his.

This book starts out like another story about a spoiled brat and his tantrums over a Christmas gift but it ends up surprising readers and puts a smile on everyone’s faces.

Excerpt

Little Rabbit went to look under the Christmas tree to see if the sledge was there.

Then he looked up the chimney to see if it had got stuck.

Also in this series:

• Little Rabbit goes to School
• Little Rabbit Lost
• Little Rabbit’s New Baby
• Little Rabbit Runaway

Santa’s Littlest Helper Travels the World

Author: Anu Stohner

Illustrator: Henricke Wilson

Year: 2006

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing, London

Age: 6 and above

No. of Pages: 32

ISBN: 978 0 74759 358 4

Santa and his Helpers are hard at work “in a little village far far to the north.”  Like very year, Santa’s Littlest Helper is the first to finish his work and has time to even make a snowman.

However, Christmas Pox plays spoilsport and it just looks like children around the world may not get presents this year. That’s when, the Littlest Helper comes up with a plan. A good one too! :-)

This is a Christmas picture book.

Excerpt

But one of Santa’s Helpers had started preparing long before the others. He had finished packing his sleigh and even had enough time to build a lovely snowman. He was, of course, Santa’s Littlest Helper!

The other Helpers moaned because they still had so much to do.