2019
Anna James has collected stories for children about
Christmas. She includes in this
collection excerpts from many well-known and well-loved stories. There are also several less well-known ones.
Could it be a little frustrating for the newly fluent
reader? These are mainly partial stories and they don’t all resolve. Or might
it serve as an introduction to the longer works? It may also be a useful source
of stories for a primary teacher to read aloud at the end of a busy day in the
period just before Christmas.
The book has a very attractive cover and is quite robust. Yet it would be comfortable enough for young
hands to hold. It contains several
attractive illustrations. Some of the stories
start on a navy blue background with cream lettering. The second page is then
orange with black lettering. These may seem odd. The section breaks are in the same shade of
blue as the cover. The font is small and
adult, with difficult ‘a’s and ‘g’s yet the text is formatted ragged right.
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