Not really a book, though I have it as a separate little pamphlet. It's a delicious lyrical poem about Welsh Christmases past. And I laugh every time I read what Miss Prothero said to the firemen.

Perhaps my all-time favorite to read aloud. My students always loved it. ( )

A christmas read...

This year I managed, much to my amazement, to read the entirety of Dylan Thomas’ Child’s Christmas in Wales aloud to my 5yo and nearly 3yo sons. They didn’t sit still for all of it, but I repeatedly enticed them back with Hyman’s illustrations. Also, I could tell the 5yo was drawn to the rolling cadences of Thomas’ prose poem, which was a joy to read aloud. ( )

A classic. However, I've never been able to parse the very first sentence: "in those years around the sea-town corner now and out of all sound except the distant speaking of voices. . ." ( )