Meet the Other Phone. A phone that grows with your child.

Meet the Other Phone.
A phone that grows with your child.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Christmas

From present ideas to party food, find all your Christmas inspiration here.

Beautifully illustrated Christmas Book - Does this exist?

33 replies

NameChangeADHD · 31/10/2021 10:51

Hi,
I’m an adult with no kids but I’ve been looking at some of my old books during a trip home. I had a few hard back beautiful books full of illustrations like the Winnie the Pooh collection and a few other ‘classics’ too.

Are there any Christmas books that exist like this? I was hoping for a hard back that has some beautiful artwork. I will read it and look at the pictures but also to have it out on the bookshelf as
a decoration almost. It probably sounds really daft but does anyone know of a book that would be suitable?

I’ve checked Waterstones and the books that looked very pretty all seemed to have big music boxes in them that played a tune and I’d prefer if they didn’t.

Thank you to anyone that can help

OP posts:
HaudYerWheestFella · 01/11/2021 22:26

I’m spamming your thread now OP but what about this…

www.waterstones.com/book/the-night-before-christmas/robert-ingpen/clement-clarke-moore/9781783701834

Mykittensmittens · 01/11/2021 22:28

@Taytocrisps

I wonder if you mean the hardback book of the nutcracker by the beautiful illustrator Sanna Annuka. She’s also done a Snow Queen and the Fir Tree. These are all books to be enjoyed just as much visually as for the story. They are beautiful!

www.penguin.co.uk/authors/1076907/sanna-annukka-ltd.html

Gladioli23 · 01/11/2021 22:31

I love Christmas on Exeter Street, the illustrations are gorgeous.

TwinklyBranch · 01/11/2021 22:35

I came on to recommend the Sanna Annukka books that Mykittensmittens has just posted about. I have them and the illustrations are just gorgeous.

DarkDarkNight · 01/11/2021 22:35

@shiningcuckoo

Tom and Lucy's Christmas by Shirley Hughes. So nostalgic it makes me cry. Also Jane Reay's Twelve Days of Christmas and Jan Pienkowski's nativity book.
I came on to say Tom and Lucy’s Christmas. It doesn’t fit the decorative hard back brief but it is my favourite from when I was young. So wonderfully evocative.
BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz · 01/11/2021 22:42

I had this as a child

It came to mind immediately when I read your OP.

Each page has a circular wheel embedded within it so the scene changes as you rotate it.

Very beautiful.

New posts on this thread. Refresh page