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Lucy and Tom have wrapped up their presents already. Tom hides his in a different place each day.
They talk a lot about the presents they hope they’re going to get for Christmas.
Lucy & Tom at Christmas
The postman comes to the house more often than usual. He brings cards wishing them all a merry Christmas and sometimes parcels too.
Lucy and Tom are making their own Christmas cards with pictures of robins and Christmas trees on them.
From Lucy & Tom at Christmas
My mother told my naughty little sister what a good old man Father Christmas was, but my naughty little sister said,
‘I don’t care. And I don’t want that horrid old man coming to our house.’
Well, that was bad enough, but the really dreadful thing happened later on...
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Next week we’ll be looking through the pages of My Naughty Little Sister and Father Christmas, but first a reminder of this illustration taken from the 50th anniversary celebration published by @EgmontUK
This week we are looking at All Around Me and celebrating that it has been picked as one of the children’s books of the year in The Times
‘This is a delightful book about firsts from the grande dame of picture books Shirley Hughes, and an excellent gift for a toddler’
For the rest of the week we will be looking at An Evening at Alfie’s
Today’s illustrations are taken from the final pages of The Lion and the Unicorn
Early one morning Dad and Alfie were in the kitchen, having a chat before Mum and Annie Rose were awake. This was their special time together, just the two of them.
From Alfie and Dad
Next morning, when they woke up, Alfie was rather tired
Secretly Alfie felt rather relieved that the Flying Loobies hadn’t made it to their house
‘I don’t think Flumbo would like them much would you Flumbo?’ he said, after Neal’s mum had come to collect him
From Alfie and Dad