Here is a book no Christmas stocking should be without, a book that positively distils the spirit of the season. The title poem, familiar to children and adults the world over, introduces a collection of stories and verse with a Christmas theme, guaranteed to engage and amuse readers young and old.
Likely to provoke laughter and sometimes to bring a sentimental tear to the driest eye, this festive treasure trove is ideal for reading aloud or curling up with in a comfy corner. Scrooge himself would have found it difficult to resist distributing copies on Christmas morning!
Rosemary Gray served her apprenticeship in the legendary bookshops of the Charing Cross Road in the 1960s. She moved on to work in the editorial departments of a number of publishers, notably Methuen, Allen & Unwin, Cassell and Harrap, independent publishing companies which flourished in the twentieth century. In 1985 she joined the staff of […]
