Day 30
#greatchildrensbooksadventcalendar from Annie Everall OBE
A few more fiction books that I have really enjoyed #bookadvent #childrensbookstagram #childrensbooks

Day 28 #greatchildrensbooksadventcalendar from Annie Everall OBE
Today I’m sharing some great collections of fairy tales, nursery rhymes and stories. #bookadvent #childrensbooks

Day 27 #greatchildrensbooksadventcalendar from Annie Everall OBE
The First Year
The Final Year
By Matt Goodfellow.
illustrated by Joe Todd Stanton
Published by @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social #bookadvent #childrensbooks

Day 26 #greatchildrensbooksadventcalendar from Annie Everall OBE
Cluedle: The Case of Rudolph’s Revenge by Hartigan Browne, published by Macmillan Children’s Books #bookadvent

Hope you all had a happy and peaceful Christmas Day. There are too many good books to stop at Day 24 so I’m carrying on until the end of December #bookadvent

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#Day24 For the final day of #BookAdvent let's just celebrate the joy of reading! Whatever you read, however you read, I hope you've all discovered some wonderful books this year! 📚❤📚❤📚
#Jólabókaflóðið

Day 24 #greatchildrensbooksadventcalendar from Annie Everall OBE
My number 1 Christmas picture book is The Night Before Christmas. I’ve built up a lovely collection of different versions of it over the years. Here are a few of my favourites. Happy Christmas everyone 🎄🎅🏻 #bookadvent

There could only be one choice for #BookAdvent #Day24. I read it every year on Christmas Eve, Charles Dickens' A Christmas carol. In the words of Tiny Tim "God bless us every one". Happy Christmas to all.

I really enjoy Iain Pears' writing. His art history mysteries are great fun, and a frequent go to when I need a pick me up. My favourite novel of his though is The dream of Scipio, a novel set at different periods in Provence, but always at a time of great change. Captivating. #BookAdvent #Day23

Belatedly for #BookAdvent #Day22, I've been completely obsessed by The woman in white by Wilkie Collins. How could I have forgotten what a great read it is?

#BookAdvent Day 23
#LastStopOnTheReindeerExpress by @mpowelltuck, illustrated by @kjmountford Enter a secret world within a mysterious postbox & head off on a sparkling, magical adventure. Gorgeous illustrations, peep-throughs & flaps. @littletigeruk.bsky.social

#BookAdvent #Day23 As 2025 draws to a close, a year which marked the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth, it seemed only fitting to share my personal favourite...
#Persuasion #JaneAusten

#BookAdvent Day 22

#YouChoose Christmas from the dream team of #NickSharratt and @pippagoodhart

Every child I’ve shared this with (young, teenage, & in between) has absolutely loved poring over the pagers of this book & picking their ideal Christmas. A fantastic series! @puffinbooksuk.bsky.social

#BookAdvent #Day22 🦈 You're going to need a bigger coffee table...🦈
#JawsMemories #MattTaylor

Day 20 #greatchildrensbooksadventcalendar from Annie Everall OBE
A few books to delight young children #bookadvent #childrensbooks

A book that manages to be both Christmassy and full of summer sunshine, The wind in the willows. I love the carolling field mice and Christmas with Badger. #BookAdvent #Day21

#BookAdvent Day 21
#LeahsStar by #MargaretBatesonHill, illus. by #KarinLittlewood

A beautiful retelling of the Nativity story from the perspective of an innkeeper’s daughter. Littlewood’s illustrations capture the sense of awe & wonder felt by Leah in the bustle around her. @alannamax

#BookAdvent #Day21 A wonderfully dark and suspenseful thriller, featuring a truly creepy killer, who is anything but sweet...
@nicolasobregon.bsky.social #TheSugarMan

There's always got to be some literary crime at Christmas, and the Maigret's Christmas anthology is one of the best. Particularly love the title story along with the wonderful Seven little crosses in a notebook #BookAdvent #Day20

#BookAdvent #Day20 Been handselling this one like a demon today. Based on a real life triple murder case in the Hebrides in 1857 this is a spare but extremely powerful read. Perfect.
#GraemeMacraeBurnet #Benbecula

#BookAdvent Day 20

#AChristmasDelivery by @andyshepherdwriter.bsky.social, @SarahWarbie

A gorgeous new festive tradition waiting to happen. Featuring snow dragons, sparking wit, & a pinch of Christmas magic, this is a must-have for little ones in the run up to Christmas. @templarbooks.bsky.social

Calendar Chaos: And So This Is Christmas – Brian Bilston Welcome! We have made it to the end of 2025 and to the twenty-fourth and final of my ‘Calendar Chaos’ posts, in which I take the books I received in my 2024 book advent – each cover representing a different period of time – and review them for you! Closing the year and my calendar theme is Christmas and the book is 

Ending the year's #CalendarChaos with #AndSoThisIsChristmas by Brian Bilston

And wishing all my readers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

#bookreview #bookblogger #bookshine #bookadvent #Christmas #poetry #humour #seasonal #festive #stockingfiller

My favourite heroine makes her entrance for #BookAdvent #Day19, the fabulous Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe. Defoe writes women so well, and I love Moll, tough, sassy, entertaining, and loving. She's a constant on my fictional dinner party guest list.

#BookAdvent Day 19

A classic for you today… #TheTwelveDaysOfChristmas from @brian_wildsmith. His distinctive illustrations accompany the lyrics of what must Shirley be one of our most-sung Christmas songs! @oupprimary.bsky.social

Day 17 #greatchildrensbooksadventcalendar from Annie Everall OBE
A Poem for Every Question by Brian Bilston illustrated by Joe Berger published by #RedShedBooks #poetryforchildren #bookadvent

OMG! This book! Thank you so much for choosing #TheTranscendentTide as book 19 of #BookAdvent! We LOVE this book so much and we are so thrilled that you did too! x

#BookAdvent #Day19 This final instalment of the #Enceladon trilogy was a wonderfully satisfying conclusion to this excellent series. I would urge you to discover this series too! ❤️🐙 @dougjohnstone.bsky.social @orendabooks.bsky.social

The book that first got me into dystopian fiction, Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham. It's also a great example of why it's worth re-reading. First read it in school and hated it. Re-read after watching an excellent BBC dramatisation, and was completely hooked. #BookAdvent #Day18

I love film critic Dilys Powell's memoir of her life in Greece either side of the Second World War, An affair of the heart. It's a powerful memoir about love and loss, and the value of friendships. As you would expect from Dilys, it's also beautifully written. #BookAdvent #Day17

#BookAdvent Day 18

#Snow by @meeratrehan.bsky.social , cover by @alexissnell.bsky.social

All is not as it first seems in the land of Mistmir. It’s Princess spends her days digging in the snow, looking for something to bring her kingdom back to life. @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social ❄️ 🦋 ❄️