![]() It is a book which stimulates the senses - the northern lights shimmering in the sky, the cold, Arctic winter outside, the warmth of the fire in the hut, the delicious smells wafting from the hut and the ugly, raucous trolls gobbling up the food. The beautiful illustrations in this book, which is one of our favourite children's Christmas books, create a vivid impression of a Christmas in a remote, harsh but beautiful landscape far away from the commercialised Christmases my children are used to. However, this year the girl in the hut who is cooking the Christmas meal receives a surprise visit from a boy and his pet polar bear, who proves very effective at frightening the trolls away. Who's That Knocking on Christmas Eve by Jan BrettĪ remote hut in Norway, high above the Arctic Circle, is overrun every Christmas by greedy trolls, attracted by the delicious smells of the Christmas meal wafting across the snowy mountains. ![]() ![]() ![]() Here are a few of our favourite children's Christmas books which I will be reading to my over-excited children on Christmas Eve in the hope of calming them down. Reading books aloud to my kids can be the perfect anti-dote to that never-ending exuberance. It can be adorable to watch but come bed-time I need to find some way of settling them. Christmas time has a habit of putting my children into a permanent state of excitement. ![]()
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