Father Christmas Goes on Holiday

10 best books like Father Christmas Goes on Holiday (Raymond Briggs): Carl's Christmas, Santa Claus the World's Number One Toy Expert, Mog's Christmas, Peter Spier's Christmas!, Haunted House, Winnie in Winter, Shall I Knit You a Hat?: A Christmas Yarn, The Big Alfie and Annie Rose Storybook, My Place, Captain Raptor and the Moon Mystery

Carl's Christmas

Author	Alexandra Day
ISBN	0374311145

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Carl's Christmas by Alexandra Day is a story about a dog named Carl and a sweet little baby. Carl is left to be responsible for the baby on Christmas Eve and they go on a little adventure together. This book...

Santa Claus the World's Number One Toy Expert

Author	Marla Frazee
ISBN	0152049703

A lot of Santa books leave me cold, but Marla Frazee works magic with any subject she tackles, and this is no exception. Here, Santa wears a fantastic variety of...are these boxers? Shorts? Whatever they are, I love them - we see the seasons progress through the patterns on them, plus they make him instantly...

Mog's Christmas

Author	Judith Kerr
ISBN	0007171358

When I was a smallish child (I have always been quite freakishly tall), I loved this book so much I thought my heart might burst. It is amazing. And it has christmas in it. A heartwarming tale of cat related happiness with all the goodness of a family Yule Tide thrown in. Plus I always enjoyed Mog's pissed...

Peter Spier's Christmas!

Author	Peter Spier
ISBN	0440412854

4.5 STARS

A wordless picture book that details the preparations for, celebration of, and results of Christmas. Love the details, and so much of this book is very warm and happy. I saw many of our Christmas traditions reflected in these illustrations. I must say the ending felt a little bittersweet,...

Haunted House

Author	Jan Pieńkowski
ISBN	1844288749

Revisit – if you dare! – one of the best-loved pop-up books of all time, now more gleefully ghoulish then ever with the addition of several spooky surprises.

Come in, Doctor. Yes, it is a quaint old place - chilly, though...

The owner of the Haunted House is unwell, and it's not surprising....

Winnie in Winter

Author	Valerie Thomas
ISBN	0192790048

Winnie the Witch and Wilbur, her cat, are both tired of winter. The garden is covered in snow, the pond is covered in ice, icicles hang from the rooftop. Wilbur's feet are wet and his whiskers are frozen. So, Winnie casts a spell from her big book of spells and turns everything into summer. But that's her...

Shall I Knit You a Hat?: A Christmas Yarn

Author

Kate Klise

After Mother Rabbit makes a special hat for Little Rabbit, he convinces her to knit hats for all their friends - hats that fit each of their uniquely-shaped noggins.



That Mother Rabbit is one super-knitter!

The illustrations are by Klise's sister. At first glance, I didn't...

The Big Alfie and Annie Rose Storybook

Author	Shirley Hughes
ISBN	0688076726

A favorite in our house.
No magic, no imaginary friend, no gross habits or vocabulary, Alfie is a normal little boy. Shirley Hughes' books are wonderful because they show a family living day to day with each other. The words are well chosen and beautifully descriptive. The pictures are gorgeous!...

My Place

Author	Nadia Wheatley
ISBN	0916291545

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I have just spent a delightful forty-five minutes reading the children’s book “My Place”. Winner of many awards in its home continent of Australia, it is fully worthy of all of them. What a joy and pleasure it was!

The book spans two centuries, from 1788 to 1988, and covers the...

Captain Raptor and the Moon Mystery

Author	Kevin O'Malley
ISBN	0802789358

The planet Jurassica is in an uproar. An unidentified flying object has crashed into the mysterious moon of Eon. This looks like a job for ...

CAPTAIN RAPTOR!

... hero of a thousand space missions; champion of truth, justice, and dinosaurs in space throughout the galaxy!

If...

Agent Gates and the Secret Adventures of Devonton Abbey (A Downton Abbey Parody)

Author	Camaren Subhiyah
ISBN	1449434347

The hit series Downton Abbey, upon which this parody graphic novel is based, has been nominated for 16 Emmy Awards in 2012, including an acting nomination for Brendan Coyle, who plays valet John Bates (a.k.a. Agent Gates). Our book will release in January 2013, in time for the premiere of season 3 in the...

One Mole Digging A Hole

Author	Julia Donaldson
ISBN	1405089458

A charming counting book. Great for learning to count to 10. It is a very clear book that displays the number in number form as well as the number word, which is great for associating the name with the form at an early stage. It also uses rhyme which is fantastic for remembering the numbers. I think this would...

The Mouse Before Christmas

Author	Michael Garland
ISBN	0142300055

Written to the rythmn of The Night Before Christmas, this story chronicles the adventures of a small mouse that sneaks into Santa's pack and is able to travel around the world with Santa.

We loved the illustration that shows him traveling past the Sphinx, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Eiffel...

Angelina's Christmas

Author	Katharine Holabird
ISBN	0670061034

I enjoyed reading Angelina's Christmas. I enjoyed meeting Angelina and her family. I loved how thoughtful and empathetic Angelina was. She realizes that there is one house in the village that is not decorated. She notices that there is one "old man huddled by a tiny fire." She learns from her parents...

The Short and Incredibly Happy Life of Riley

Author	Colin Thompson
ISBN	1933605502

Human beings live for quite a long time and for a lot of that time we are not happy. We want to be taller, shorter, fatter, thinner, older and younger. We want our straight hair to be curly, our curly hair to be straight and our brown eyes to be blue. We hate our parents, children, teachers, students and everybody....

How Spider Saved Halloween

Author	Robert Kraus
ISBN	0590421174

I remember way back when, reading this book to my elementary school library classes and the kids just loving it.

Spider is having a meltdown because every costume he creates cannot cover up the fact that well, he is ..... Spider. Discouraged and needing some friendly help and advice as what to...

Slinky Malinki, Open the Door

Author	Lynley Dodd
ISBN	0140553266

Lynley Dodd, winner of numerous awards for her hugely popular series featuring Hairy Maclary and his many canine and feline friends, continues to entertain us with delightful rhyming text. Enjoy the entire Hairy Maclary collection as he and his mischevious companions explore their neighborhood....

A Quiet Night In

Author	Jill Murphy
ISBN	0744560004

A Quiet Night In, by Jill Murphy, is a story from The Large Family series. In this story it is Mr Large’s birthday. Mrs Large decides to prepare a meal and to send their children to bed. However, Mr Large is very tired, so he eats his dinner on the sofa. The children insist on being read a bedtime story. Both...

Welcome with Love

Author	Jennifer Prior
ISBN	0916291960

This is a great picture book for kids about a baby being born into a family. It is from the perspective of the brother, who has up until now been the baby in the family. We like it because it shows things realistically, though in nice soft drawings, like the baby's head coming out of the standing mom's body....

The Complete ElfQuest, Volume Two

Author	Wendy Pini
ISBN	1616554088

Over thirty-five years after its launch, ElfQuest remains one of the most beloved comic series in history! The elves have reclaimed the Palace of the High Ones, but it is not the safe haven they believed. New threats loom as Winnowill, lord of Blue Mountain, vows to destroy all trace of the Wolfriders,...

Liō: Happiness is a Squishy Cephalopod

Author	Mark Tatulli
ISBN	0740768492

LIO is brilliant! In this post-Calvin and Hobbes and post-Far Side world, this is the brass ring for cool!" --Dallas Morning News* LI O is a pantomime strip featuring a curious young boy whose daydreams embark from reality destined for the dark chasm where wit and sarcasm collide.Drawn in the age-old...

Our Super Adventure Vol. 1: Press Start to Begin

Author	Sarah Graley
ISBN	1620105829

Fans of Kate Beaton and Sarah Andersen will love this collection of the hit webcomic Our Super Adventure by Sarah Graley (Rick and Morty, Kim Reaper)! Eating too much pizza together. Smelling your cats. Figuring out how to spend your evening when the internet has suddenly stopped working. Relationships...