Stanley's Christmas Adventure

Fans of Flat Stanley will enjoy meeting the Lambchop family again in this seasonal adventure. Two days before Christmas, Father Christmas has had enough - children don't care any more, they no longer believe. So he has decided not to go out delivering presents this year. Sarah Christmas is sure that a visit from the boy who wrote Santa's favourite letter would cheer him up. After a midnight visit from Sarah, the whole Lambchop family takes off for Snow City in Santa's borrowed sleigh. All is not well, the Elves are worried and Santa is still being crabby and determined not to go out this year.  It's up to Stanley to save the day - again!

Jeff Brown has written another heartwarming story about Stanley and his family. The message is timeless - to think of others before ourselves, especially at this time of year.


Published by Egmont Books.

My Brother's Christmas Bottom - unwrapped!

A Christmas story about Nicholas and his amazing family - featuring Cheese and Tomato, the famous twins born in the back of a pizza delivery van.

All is not well in Nicholas' house in the run up to Christmas this year.  Dad has just lost his job and things are looking grim - no cake, no presents, in fact a distinct lack of Christmas cheer. The family come up with some amazing money-spinning ideas, which are more or less successful, but nothing really takes the place of Dad's wages. It's time for Cheese and Tomato to come to the rescue again.

The twins are too old to star in a nappy commercial this time round, but how about advertising a new range of children's clothes? Needless to say, things do not go according to plan...

Yet another really funny story by Jeremy Strong, if you haven't read My Brother's Famous Bottom, try reading that one too.

Published by Puffin Books

First Snow

First Snow by Kim Lewis is a lovely gentle story about the morning Daddy was ill, so Mummy and Sara and Teddy had to feed the sheep instead. As they walk up the hill with the dogs towards the sheepfold, the first early winter snow begins to fall. Sara and Teddy are going to have to be quick with the sheep or the snow may get too deep to walk home.

The illustrations are wonderful, giving the reader a real sense of how things look on a high farm at the beginning of winter. The pictures are full of the sort of details which bring the characters and setting to life - particularly the picture of the collie sheepdog close to the end of the story. The greys and pale blue shades on the snow-covered landscape at the end are perfect to give anyone a little shiver and reach for gloves and a woolly hat!

Published by Walker Books