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Children’s Books on the Box – Part Two

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October 9, 2024October 11, 2024

Children’s Books on the Box – Part One

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January 27, 2023January 27, 2023

Danny the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl Illustrated by Jill Bennett

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October 6, 2022October 7, 2022

Tyger by SF Said and Dave McKean

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June 23, 2022June 23, 2022

Fighting Fantasy

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June 19, 2022

Babar Begins

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April 23, 2022April 23, 2022

Grimm by Gág

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January 1, 2022April 13, 2023

The 20 Greatest Children’s Book Characters

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April 15, 2021April 11, 2022

The Rock From the Sky – Interview with Jon Klassen

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April 1, 2021April 1, 2021

Great Events in Human Achievement by Raymond Briggs

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March 18, 2021March 23, 2022

Once on a Time by A.A. Milne

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February 26, 2021March 3, 2021

Skysteppers by Katherine Rundell

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December 25, 2020December 25, 2020

The Best Christmas Ever

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December 24, 2020December 25, 2020

Doctor Who – The Wintertime Paradox by Dave Rudden and Alexis Snell

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December 23, 2020December 23, 2020

The Snowflake by Benji Davies

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December 22, 2020April 13, 2022

The Christmas Bower by Polly Redford and Edward Gorey

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December 21, 2020December 21, 2020

Molesworth – Ding-Dong Farely Merily For Xmas by Geoffrey Willans and Ronald Searle

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December 20, 2020December 20, 2020

The Country Child by Alison Uttley

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December 19, 2020

Brave Irene by William Steig

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December 18, 2020December 18, 2020

Ramona and her Father by Beverly Cleary

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December 17, 2020December 17, 2020

Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder and Garth Williams

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December 16, 2020December 16, 2020

The Other Goose by Judith Kerr

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December 15, 2020December 15, 2020

Morris’s Disappearing Bag by Rosemary Wells

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December 14, 2020December 14, 2020

The Midnight Guardians by Ross Montgomery

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December 13, 2020December 13, 2020

The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams

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December 12, 2020December 11, 2020

Sledges to the Rescue by Raymond Briggs

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December 11, 2020December 8, 2020

The Naughtiest Story of All by Dorothy Edwards and Shirley Hughes

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December 10, 2020December 7, 2020

Christmas Shopping from Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers

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December 9, 2020December 7, 2020

The Dolls’ House by Rumer Godden

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December 8, 2020December 7, 2020

Brambly Hedge: Winter Story by Jill Barklem

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December 7, 2020December 8, 2020

The Silent Stars Go By – Sally Nicholls

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December 6, 2020December 6, 2020

Christmas from More About Paddington by Michael Bond

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December 5, 2020December 5, 2020

The Conscience Pudding by E. Nesbit lllustrated by Erik Blegvad

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December 4, 2020December 3, 2020

Dulce Domum from The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

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December 3, 2020December 3, 2020

Christmas in Noisy Village by Astrid Lindgren

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December 2, 2020December 2, 2020

The Christmas Diaries of Adrian Mole by Sue Townsend

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December 1, 2020December 1, 2020

Christmas from Sculptor’s Daughter by Tove Jansson

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November 1, 2020November 16, 2024

Moominvalley in November

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October 31, 2020October 31, 2020

Tove Jansson’s Tales of Horror

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October 28, 2020November 4, 2020

A Dark Dark House

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August 14, 2020August 14, 2020

Night Birds on Nantucket by Joan Aiken

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August 6, 2020August 6, 2020

The Pirate Twins by William Nicholson

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July 31, 2020November 4, 2020

Stig of the Dump by Clive King

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April 1, 2020April 2, 2020

The World Cup of Children’s Books

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March 18, 2020March 18, 2020

The Trouble with Robin – Girl Wonders

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March 18, 2020March 18, 2020

The Trouble With Robin – Damian Wayne

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March 18, 2020March 18, 2020

The Trouble With Robin

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January 17, 2020July 6, 2020

Varjak Dreamed – SF Said & Dave McKean’s Varjak Paw in colour

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December 24, 2019December 24, 2019

The Girl who Speaks Bear by Sophie Anderson

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December 23, 2019December 23, 2019

Small in the City by Sydney Smith

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December 22, 2019December 22, 2019

The Shortest Day by Susan Cooper and Carson Ellis

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December 21, 2019December 23, 2019

Seasons by John Burningham

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December 20, 2019December 19, 2019

Burning the Tree by Shirley Hughes

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December 19, 2019December 19, 2019

Mog on Fox Night by Judith Kerr

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December 18, 2019December 18, 2019

The Winter Bear by Ruth Craft and Erik Blegvad

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December 17, 2019December 16, 2019

The Giant Under the Snow by John Gordon

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December 16, 2019December 16, 2019

White Snow, Bright Snow by Alvin Tresselt and Roger Duvoisin

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December 15, 2019December 15, 2019

Northern Lights – The Graphic Novel. Philip Pullman Q&A

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December 14, 2019December 14, 2019

Once Upon a Northern Night by Jean Pendziwol and Isabelle Arsenault

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December 13, 2019

The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats

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December 12, 2019December 12, 2019

The Snowman by Raymond Briggs

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December 11, 2019December 11, 2019

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken

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December 10, 2019

Chirri & Chirra – The Snowy Day by Kaya Doi

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December 9, 2019

The Children of Green Knowe by Lucy M. Boston

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December 8, 2019

The Tomten by Astrid Lindgren and Kitty Crowther

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December 7, 2019

The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

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December 6, 2019December 6, 2019

The Snow Angel by Lauren St John and Catherine Hyde

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December 5, 2019

The Snow Day by Komako Sakai

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December 4, 2019

Brambly Hedge: The Secret Staircase by Jill Barklem

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December 3, 2019December 3, 2019

The Wolf Wilder by Katherine Rundell and Gelrev Ongbico

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December 2, 2019

Frog and Toad All Year by Arnold Lobel

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December 1, 2019March 18, 2020

The Best Wintry Books for Children

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December 1, 2019December 1, 2019

Tom Fobble’s Day by Alan Garner and Michael Foreman

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October 24, 2019July 6, 2020

The Lie Tree and The Switching Hour with Damaris Young

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October 9, 2019November 30, 2025

The 100 Best Children’s Books of the 21st Century (2019)

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October 9, 2019July 6, 2020

The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis

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May 10, 2019July 5, 2019

Posy Simmonds and the Press

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April 5, 2019July 5, 2019

Ingrid Vang Nyman’s Inuit Summer

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December 30, 2018July 5, 2019

The Best Children’s Books of 2018

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December 24, 2018December 24, 2018

How Winston Delivered Christmas by Alex T. Smith

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December 23, 2018December 23, 2018

There May Be a Castle by Piers Torday

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December 22, 2018December 22, 2018

Marguerite’s Christmas by India Desjardins and Pascal Blanchet

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December 21, 2018December 21, 2018

Refuge by Anne Booth and Sam Usher

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December 20, 2018December 20, 2018

Melrose and Croc Together at Christmas by Emma Chichester Clark

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December 19, 2018December 21, 2018

Olive, the Other Reindeer by J. Otto Seibold and Vivian Walsh

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December 18, 2018December 15, 2018

Harvey Slumfenburger’s Christmas Present by John Burningham

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December 17, 2018December 15, 2018

Christmas in Exeter Street by Diana Hendry and John Lawrence

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December 16, 2018December 15, 2018

The Nutcracker by Maurice Sendak and E.T.A. Hoffmann

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December 15, 2018December 15, 2018

Lucy and Tom at Christmas by Shirley Hughes

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December 14, 2018

Cops and Robbers by Janet and Allan Ahlberg

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December 13, 2018December 12, 2018

Mog’s Christmas by Judith Kerr

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December 12, 2018December 12, 2018

The Silver Christmas Tree by Pat Hutchins

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December 11, 2018December 10, 2018

Father Christmas by Raymond Briggs

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December 10, 2018December 10, 2018

The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper

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December 9, 2018December 9, 2018

The Twelve Days of Christmas by Brian Wildsmith

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December 8, 2018December 7, 2018

The Mouse and His Child by Russell Hoban

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December 7, 2018December 8, 2018

The Fir Tree – Christmas Comes to Moominvalley

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December 6, 2018December 4, 2018

Eloise at Christmastime by Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight

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December 5, 2018December 5, 2018

How the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. Seuss

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December 4, 2018December 3, 2018

A Child’s Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas

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December 3, 2018

The Box of Delights – A Glossary

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December 2, 2018December 9, 2018

Posy Simmonds’ Scrooge

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December 1, 2018December 1, 2018

The Night Before the Night Before Christmas by Kes Gray and Claire Powell

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December 1, 2018March 7, 2019

The Best Christmas Books for Children

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November 25, 2018November 25, 2018

The Captain Hook Affair illustrated by Posy Simmonds

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September 23, 2018October 19, 2020

The House With Chicken Legs by Sophie Anderson

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September 14, 2018September 20, 2018

The Sixties

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August 7, 2018August 7, 2018

A First Book of the Sea by Nicola Davies and Emily Sutton

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July 8, 2018November 13, 2018

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

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April 26, 2018April 27, 2018

The Arrival by Shaun Tan

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April 22, 2018April 23, 2018

The Green Ship by Quentin Blake

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April 13, 2018April 14, 2018

Floodland by Marcus Sedgwick

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April 6, 2018

Shackleton’s Journey by William Grill

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March 29, 2018April 26, 2018

Journey Trilogy by Aaron Becker

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March 26, 2018

Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo and Michael Foreman

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March 2, 2018

The Storm Whale in Winter by Benji Davies

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March 1, 2018January 7, 2019

50 Books About Boats

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March 1, 2018March 1, 2018

The House that Sailed Away by Pat and Laurence Hutchins

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March 1, 2018March 1, 2018

Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor

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February 22, 2018March 15, 2018

Petr Horáček Q&A

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December 29, 2017November 13, 2018

The Best Children’s Books of 2017

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December 24, 2017December 24, 2017

A Christmas Carol: Marley’s Ghost by Charles Dickens

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December 23, 2017December 23, 2017

Father Christmas’s Last Present by Quentin Blake, Marie-Aude Murail and Elvire Murail

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December 22, 2017December 23, 2017

Marguerite’s Christmas by India Desjardins and Pascal Blanchet

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December 21, 2017December 21, 2017

Nine Days to Christmas by Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida

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December 20, 2017December 19, 2017

Christmas Picture Book Roundup

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December 19, 2017December 18, 2017

Lines by Suzy Lee

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December 18, 2017December 18, 2017

Harold at the North Pole by Crockett Johnson

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December 17, 2017December 17, 2017

Christmas Dinner of Souls by Ross Montgomery and David Litchfield

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December 16, 2017December 15, 2017

The Gritterman by Orlando Weeks

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December 15, 2017December 15, 2017

Flat Stanley’s Christmas

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December 14, 2017December 15, 2017

I Killed Father Christmas by Anthony McGowan and Chris Riddell

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December 13, 2017December 13, 2017

Picture Lions at Christmas

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December 12, 2017December 11, 2017

Last Stop on the Reindeer Express by Karl James Mountford & Maudie Powell-Tuck

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December 11, 2017

The Box of Delights adapted for stage by Piers Torday

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December 10, 2017December 10, 2017

Chirri & Chirra – The Snowy Day by Kaya Doi

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December 9, 2017December 8, 2017

The Lump of Coal by Lemony Snicket and Brett Helquist

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December 8, 2017December 6, 2017

White Snow, Bright Snow by Roger Duvoisin and Alvin Tresselt

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December 7, 2017December 6, 2017

One Christmas Wish by Katherine Rundell and Emily Sutton

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December 6, 2017December 6, 2020

Saint George and the Dragon: A Mummers Play by John Langstaff & David Gentleman

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December 5, 2017December 5, 2017

The Snow Angel by Lauren St John and Catherine Hyde

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December 4, 2017December 4, 2017

Mr Snow by Roger Hargreaves

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December 3, 2017December 3, 2017

Mr Willowby’s Christmas Tree by Robert Barry

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December 2, 2017December 3, 2017

The Snow Sister and a Night at the Frost Fair by Emma Carroll

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December 1, 2017November 30, 2017

The Giant Under the Snow by John Gordon

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December 1, 2017January 15, 2018

Tygertale’s Advent Calendar 2017

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November 14, 2017November 15, 2017

Creating the Commons with Lauren Child

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