The Twelve Days of Christmas Ray Jane Hodder&Stoughton

Introduce children to the traditional song, The Twelve Days of Christmas, in this beautiful new book, featuring illustrations by Britta Teckentrup. The peek-through pages reveal each new Christmas gift, creating a stunning layered effect. A perfect gift for your true love!

Kate Turner is happily single - a bit too happily, in fact. Since returning to her hometown, the sleepy village of Blexford, love hasn't really had a look in • But Kate does love Christmas. So when her best friend insists she signs up to the Twelve Dates of Christmas, a brand new dating app service, she doesn't need too much persuading. Twelve perfect festive dates with the area's most eligible men - who could say no? • Amongst the twinkling lights and falling snow, over hot chocolates and glasses of red wine, romance is easy to find. But with each date, Kate learns more about the men, and even more about herself • As the big day approaches, Kate's left wondering - is it really the season for true love, or will this Christmas be the coldest yet?

"Рождественские истории Penguin Book" - идеальный подарок в этот рождественский сезон, щедрая подборка величайших праздничных историй всех времен • Здесь представлены классические рассказы таких писателей, как Трумэн Капоте, Ширли Джексон, Дилан Томас, Саки и Чехов, а также малоизвестные сокровища, такие как "косой взгляд" Итало Кальвино на рождественское потребительство, "История праздничной изобретательности" Вольфдитриха Шнурре в Берлине, "Зачарованный лес" Сельмы Лагерлеф в Швеции и Ирен Немеровски.мрачный семейный портрет. С Санта-клаусами, привидениями, троллями, неожиданными гостями, ворчунами и чудесами - вот Рождество, каким его представляли некоторые из величайших авторов коротких рассказов всех времен • Книга на английском языке • The perfect gift this Christmas season: a generous selection of some of the greatest festive stories of all time - now in a beautiful clothbound edition • This is a collection of the most magical, moving, chilling and surprising Christmas stories from around the world, taking us from frozen Nordic woods to glittering Paris, a New York speakeasy to an English country house, bustling Lagos to midnight mass in Rio, and even outer space

Have you ever wondered what Santa gets up to after Christmas Eve? Find out in this humorous and innovative re-telling of the 12 days of Christmas, following Santa's own Christmas holiday!

The McKenzies are your average complicated family: knotted together by in-jokes, arguments and a few closely-guarded secrets. Thirty-something sisters Leni and Alice became inseparable following the divorce of their parents, Belinda and Tony, with younger brother Will always trying to keep up. They're not perfect, but they love each other - most of the time, anyway • But then one ordinary summer day, an accident changes the family forever. Questions arise, guilt surfaces and secrets begin to emerge. Scattered by grief and seeking comfort in the unlikeliest of places, can the McKenzies find their way back to each other? • Set over the course of one life-changing year, The Best Days of Our Lives is a warm, big-hearted and poignant story, full of hope, heartache and love

From the twice CWA Dagger shortlisted author of The Twelve Strange Days of Christmas come twelve thirteen stories to transport you to the macabre world of inexplicable phenomena • As dark winter nights draw in, prepare to lose yourself in the world of the peculiar. With a tale for each day of the festive period and an unlucky thirteenth, Christmas is not the only spirit in these pages. ’Tis the season for sacrificial feasts, cultish communities and sinister rituals. So wrap up warm and get ready to be terrified and delighted as you journey from the spooky to the downright strange

No stockings, no gifts, no tinsel and no tree - has Christmas been cancelled? • It's mid-December and for the fifth year in a row, there is little sign of the festive season in the Sullivan family's home in South London. That is until a mysterious someone starts sending strange gifts to widower Henry and his two children • First, a small-beaked and feathered face pokes its head out from between the branches of a pear tree. Before they know it, the Sullivan's home is full of boisterous animals and house guests, all demanding their attention • The next twelve days turn the Sullivan family's lives upside down in ways they never could have imagined. And even though this Christmas will be messy, it may be just the gift their family needs

Stop Press: Two stories, ‘Easily Made’ and ‘Death Becomes Her’, were nominated for a Crime Writers Association Short Story Dagger! • Nothing says Christmas more than a good old fashioned ghost story on a dark winter’s night, so sit back and enjoy a little pinch of Yuletide mayhem • These extraordinary tales, one for each day of Christmas, explore the odd, the peculiar and the downright chilling, from a Strange encounter with an Icelandic Shaman, to a psychic policewoman, lively winged beasts and warnings from the recently departed

Every year Mr. Muddle gets in a terrible muddle. He just can't remember when Christmas is. He can never get the right day or the right present for that matter. But this year Mr. Muddle has a plan. A plan to make sure he will get the right day for Christmas. This is a hilarious caper through the months of the year with many favourite Mr. Men and Little Miss characters along the way

This fantastic collection of festive wordsearch puzzles is sure to delight any puzzle lover. It is filled with wonderful themed puzzles including those based on Christmas carols and poems, ways to say 'Merry Christmas' across the globe, and Christmas films to name but a few. This selection will make a delightful gift for a loved one's stocking or as a Christmas treat for yourself • Over 200 themed puzzles and solutions: This bumper book of puzzles will provide hours of entertainment • Expand your knowledge: This wordsearch collection contains all manner of fun festive puzzles that will expand your knowledge of Christmas celebrations across the world