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22 December on the a special request from my nearly-10yo, it’s the Bunny vs Monkey series, by . Every book includes a (hilarious!) episode! 🐰🙊 (by the way, I may now be craving mince pies with a cherry on top!!!)
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2022-12-23

20 December on the “The Snow Queen”, by Hans Christian Andersen, often published and illustrated as a standalone book. An absolute classic! Art: Vladyslav Yerko, Honor C. Appleton, Edmund Dulac, H.J. Ford ❄️🫅

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2022-12-21

19 December on the an earlier “true story” of Santa Claus, this time by L. Frank Baum, author of the Oz books (illustr. Mary Cowles Clark). It follows Santa’s story from a foundling at the Forest of Burzee, to the Laughing Valley and old age.

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2022-12-20

18 December on the 's A Boy Called Christmas, "the true story of Father Christmas", as per the first line of a story full of snow, elves, adventure, and an 11yo boy called Nikolas who believes in magic! My 10yo absolutely adored this one!

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2022-12-19

15 December on the ’s The Tailor of Gloucester, in which a host of grateful mice help a poor tailor (who saved them from his cat!) finish a jacket + vest for the Mayor of Gloucester, who is to be married on Day! 🐁🎄🧵🪡❄️🐈‍⬛

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2022-12-16

12 December on the a Dickensian Christmas story (NOT A Christmas Carol!) with an unexpected link: “The Story of the Goblins who stole a Sexton”, chapter 29 of The Pickwick Papers (https://t.co/NoLMKF80R1).
Mini-thread:
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2022-12-13

6 December on the Julia Donaldson’s + Axel Scheffler’s Stick Man! A great one to read leading up to as the story starts in the spring and ends on Christmas Eve! Follow the adventures of Stick Man trying to return to his Family Tree! 🎄🎅

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2022-12-07

3 December on the ’s The Clockwork Crow. A beautiful Gothic story, featuring a feisty Victorian orphan girl, a lost boy, a haunting manor, scary Welsh fairies (the plenty of snow, all coming together at Christmas!
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2022-12-04

2 December on the Winter gatherings and celebrations at Brambly Hedge! (Yes, that’s a prime example of miniature fantasy, what my next book is about!)
More on the Brambly Hedge books here: https://t.co/M5gG8I4i1f

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2022-12-03