December Picture book of the month: Alfie's Christmas by Shirley Hughes

8 year old DD and I enjoyed reading this at bedtime last night as we both love books by Shirley Hughes :)

Beautiful illustrations as always with her books :) I think I possibly prefer Lucy and Tom's Christmas a little more with the part where Tom is over excited and a little bit cross and goes off for a walk with Grandpa.

Book arrived today, and was so excited opening it. Beautifully illustrated, and a traditional story. DD loved being read to even though she is 6 and a half months old. She got really excited. I used to read other Shirley Hughes books to DS when he was younger. Totally innocent, traditional fun. Love the fact that with this book its multi-cultural too. Its realistic of today's society. Looking forward to reading this to dd again, as she loves being read to. Thank you so much mumsnet :)

Ours arrived today too. Thank you. We read it tonight. Ds said that it was his favourite Alfie book. Quite a compliment, as we have seven others and I know most of them off by heart! Alfie books are just fabulous, and neither DS nor I can get enough of them. Beautifully written, beautifully illustrated. I feel very nostalgic reading them with him, as they bring back memories of my other favourite Shirley Hughes books which are the My Naughty Little Sister books, which I absolutely adored as a child, 30 years ago.

We are on a wee family break down south this week but we're back on Friday and I can't wait to see if our Alfie book has arrived! We all love Alfie and Annie-Rose in our house and are all so excited to have been chosen to have a copy! Will post again once we've opened and read it!! Thank you so much, it's so exciting to be chosen and to know a new book is on it's way!

Ours has just arrived and as with all the Alfie books DD loves it. It is beautifully illustrated and tells the tale of a very traditional Christmas build up. Thank you very much!

We read it at bedtime and loved it. DS especially loved the picture of Alfie's dad getting the decorations out of the loft, as that's what his daddy did last week. He loved the part where Alfie went out on his new scooter too. A really lovely story - no dramatic events, just the small happy moments of a typical family Christmas, so lots to relate too. I love how the story is easy to understand but also introduces new vocab, like "fairy lights". We loved it - I think reading it will become a Christmas tradition in our house!

Wow! what a beautiful book, thank you so much. Going to wrap it up for my little boy for Christmas. Thank you!!!!

Just received the book, and how beautiful it is, such a lovely story! It really describes what Christmas Day means to me. The illustrations just light up the words, and are so detailed. Love the picture of Christmas dinner. Am looking forward to reading this with my daughter x

Thank you, my copy arrived today. I've had a sneeky peek and it looks lovely. I'm planning on reading it to my DSs later in the week after we've had a visit to winter wonderland. Will report back with their thoughts!

Ours arrived today too - DD loves it and has read it already all the way through. Beautiful book talking about the run up to Christmas.

Ours has arrived this morning! Looking forward to reading it with DS when he's home from nursery - it's a beautiful book and he loves Alfie, so I think he's really going to enjoy it.

Absolutely gorgeous book, beautifully written and illustrated by Shirley Hughes. I remember my Mum reading these books to me as a child, now I have an opportunity to do the same with my daughter.

We received the book this morning, and we're already read it twice.

Received ours today and read it straight away. What a lovely book beginning to end. A great quality Christmas gift too as it is a hard cover book.

The illustrations are truly Shirley Hughes fabulous and we could all relate to the story (having a little sister in the house and the mischief she got up to is just like we imagine our youngest little girl doing so we all had a giggle about that.)

Also familiar is the bit where the Christmas present (the space buggy) came without batteries - I think we've all been there on Christmas day too!

An enjoyable read - perfect for this festive period. thank you!

Thank you very much - we got our copy today! DD has already read it 6 times!! Do we leave a review on this thread or somewhere else?

My 3 year old girl/boy twins would love to share this book with me and I'd be delighted to review it, fingers crossed.

We love the Alfie books - Shirley Hughes is fabulous!

Such a lovely book - I guess my dc are a bit big now though

Ive entered, would love to receive this to read with the children..The Alfie books are just wonderful , and bring back lots of childhood memories to share !