books set at Christmas time.

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Dd is looking for Christmas themed books to read in the run up to Christmas. She has read Enid Blyton Christmas stories and is now reading Little Woman-can anyone think of any other suitable ones. She is age 8 but is a very competent reader .

Thanks

Laura Ingalls Wilder, The Little House in the Big Wood.

Could she cope with a Christmas Carol?

Holly Webb has a new book out each Christmas set at Christmas time. My DDs love them. Easy reading for her.

All the Little House books have a Christmas chapter (Plum Creek has 2) but I don't know if I'd describe them as Christmas books.

How about a good translation of The Snow Queen? And whst sbout The Box of Delights, not sure how easy it is to get those books these days. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe has Father Christmas in it. We've got a set of Christmas Stories, possibly by Michael Murpurgo?

Thanks -will look some of those up .

The Story of Holly and Ivy by Rumer Godden, absolutely beautiful and perfect for an 8 y/o good reader.

Also The Dark is Rising, by Susan Cooper

The Children of Green Knowe
The Box of Delights

You can get a compilation of all the Christmas Chapters in the Little House Books, but I think it is better to read each book in turn really.

If she likes Enid Blyton, some of the Famous Five books are set in the winter holidays - off the top of my head 5 go adventuring again, and 5 get into a fix. Shock for the secret 7 is also set in winter.

DS is 9. I started reading A Christmas Carol to him on my kindle last year and was astonished to find that he'd finished reading it by himself. I'm sure he didn't understand every single word, but the story is strong and he enjoyed it.

There's this one if you are interested in Christmas in a different culture.

Box of Delights is readily available as I've ordered it for my children. I think it was from Book People.
What about 'Winter Holiday' by Arthur Ransome?

I was going to write the story of Holly and Ivy too, but someone else beat me to it! I love it, and read it to DD every Christmas.

I love the Holly and the Ivy too!

Alexpolis - I like the look of the Christmas in Greece book, and I have been thinking about giving my children some multicultural reading. Is that book suitable for 9 year olds?

I recently read really good reviews of the Snow Sister by Emma Carroll and A Boy Called Christmas by Matt Haig and I will be getting both for DCs stockings.

Thanks everyone !

oooo have you seen this one from Matt Haigh? It is a gorgeous chapter book, full of tingly Christmas feeling - it's only just come out.

Etrusca - yes, it's definitely suitable for 9yo - I would have said from 8yo and up.

The Kingdom of Christmas

Castaway Christmas by Margaret Baker, ancient Puffin title, available on Abebooks (as well as evil Amazon!).

The Thirteen Days of Christmas (here) is one of my favourite Christmas books. I think I read it aloud to my two at that sort of age, but if your dd is a good reader I think she'd enjoy it. It's a funny love story loosely based on the carol the twelve days of Christmas.