Lucy & Tom's Christmas (Picture Puffin S.)

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She was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was the first recipient of BookTrust's Lifetime Achievement Award. In 1930s Liverpool, young Bronwen and Dylan find kindness from an unexpected source when they are frightened by what they think is a ghost on Christmas Eve. This wonderfully evocative Christmas book reminds me so vividly of my own childhood Christmases, with my mother making mince pies at the big wooden kitchen table and the Salvation Army playing Christmas carols.

Shirley Hughes has won the Other Award, the Eleanor Farjeon Award, and the Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration twice, for Dogger in 1977 and for Ella's Big Chance in 2003. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. This wonderful heartwarming story was read to me as a child and brings back so many happy memories as I now have the privilege of reading it to my niece. I'm sure I get more pleasure from it every year that passes, enjoying the wonderful illustrations and the simple story of a Christmas with family and friends together. Didn’t realize that until adulthood :) bought this book as soon as my daughter was born to read to her each Christmas season.The illustrations are so detailed and the story is very cute with hilariously accurate depictions of children’s emotions.

We talk about the differences in the way these children celebrate Christmas in England and they celebrate Christmas in the states. Hughes is so prolific and I highly recommend seeking out her picture books- not always so easy to find on this side of the ocean.To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Perhaps it's the spirit of the season that permeates this book, even for those of us in the Southern Hemisphere. And be sure to check out my bio page to learn a little about me and the Picture Book/Chapter Book Calendars I sell on Etsy!