No. of pages 144
Published: 2006
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There are 144 pages in this book. It is an anthology. This book was published 2006 by Pan Macmillan .
A former teacher and head of sixth form, Ian Whybrow is now a full time author.
This book has the following chapters: The First Christmas - Anne Adeney; Old Pierre's Christmas Visitors: a French legend - Fiona Waters; The Elves and the Shoemaker: a German fairy tale - The Brothers Grimm; A Very Big Cat: a Norse legend - Nora Clarke; Becky's Christmas Dream - Louisa May Alcott; The Nutcracker - Antonia Barber; Christmas Every Day - William Dean Howells; The Cratchits' Christmas Dinner (from A Christmas Carol) - Charles Dickens; Aunt Cyrilla's Christmas Basket - L. M. Montgomery; Christmas at Mole End (from The Wind in the Willows) - Kenneth Grahame; A Gift from the Heart: a Mexican legend - Saviour Pirotta; The Story of St Nicholas: a Dutch legend - Ann Pilling; Befana and the Three Wise Men: an Italian legend - Vivian French; The Fir Tree: a Scandinavian fairy tale - Hans Christian Andersen.