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Christmas

Here you’ll find some of my favourite Christmas and winter themed books. Featuring authors and illustrators from around the world, this selection includes favourite classics and lesser known (but no less wonderful) editions. It will uplift, make you hope, cry, laugh and prove it, again and again, that love and kindness conquer all.

"The Snow Queen" by Oleg Vasiliev is a Dazzling Symphony of Colour Christmas Christmas the snow queen hans christian andersen oleg vasiliev 01 e1672964867334

“The Snow Queen” by Oleg Vasiliev is a Dazzling Symphony of Colour

Home Library Essentials / Christmas, Fables, Fairy Tales, Fables, Legends, Junior Fiction (6-12 years), Legends

This is the final instalment of my review series on “The Snow Queen,” and I invite you to revisit the earlier three posts highlighting the stunning illustrations by Vladislav Yerko, the […]

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A confluence of myth, legend and fairy tale in the “The Snow Queen” illustrated by Galina Zinko

Kids Book Reviews / Christmas, Fables, Fairy Tales, Fables, Legends, Legends

In this third instalment following my previous two posts showcasing “The Snow Queen” by the Ukrainian artist Vladislav Yerko and  Belorusian Pavel Tatarnikov, we present a Ukrainian language edition of Hans Christian Andersen’s

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Pavel Tatarnikov Conjures a Spellbinding Winterland in "The Snow Queen" Christmas Christmas the snow queen hans christian andersen pavel tatarnikov 01

Pavel Tatarnikov Conjures a Spellbinding Winterland in “The Snow Queen”

Kids Book Reviews / Christmas, Fables, Fairy Tales, Fables, Legends, Legends

In the world of children’s literature, “The Snow Queen” stands out as a classic tale of love, sacrifice, and redemption. But the story of how this fairy tale came to

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Vladislav Yerko Breathes New Life Into "The Snow Queen" Christmas Christmas the snow queen hans christian andersen vladyslav yerko 02

Vladislav Yerko Breathes New Life Into “The Snow Queen”

Home Library Essentials / Christmas, Fables, Fairy Tales, Fables, Legends, Junior Fiction (6-12 years), Legends

She was wondrously beautiful and delicate, but she was ice, dazzling, shimmering ice. Yet she was alive. Her eyes glittered like stars, without tenderness or warmth. Hans Christian Andersen “The

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"'Twas The Night Before Christmas" illustrated by the remarkable P. J. Lynch Christmas Christmas twas the night before christmas clement c moore p j lynch 01

“‘Twas The Night Before Christmas” illustrated by the remarkable P. J. Lynch

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‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. Clement C. Moore Those first few familiar lines of this beloved

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