An Oxford Book of Christmas Stories
by Dennis Pepper (Editor)
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Families and friends come together at Christmas and, as they do, there are stories to be told. Stories about love, secrets, friendship, bravery, conflict, and compassion. This collection includes stories by Charles Dickens, Laurie Lee, Philippa Pearce, Geraldine McCaughrean, Jacqueline Wilson,Nicholas Fisk, and many, many more. So whether you want to slide with Mr Pickwick on the ice or find out what's on Adrian Mole's Christmas list, there are delights and surprises to be discovered in this show more wonderfully varied anthology of stories illustrated in both colour and black and white. show lessTags
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A lot of good short (mostly very short) Christmas-related stories and extracts from longer works (eg Pickwick Papers, Adrian Mole). Many are about children, some are spooky. There's a particularly vicious piece by Frank O'Connor which is unusually dark (both for him and for this book). Suitable for browsing, but in particular for reading aloud at that time of year if you have people who will stop and listen.
A lot of good short (mostly very short) Christmas-related stories and extracts from longer works (eg Pickwick Papers, Adrian Mole). Many are about children, some are spooky. There's a particularly vicious piece by Frank O'Connor which is unusually dark (both for him and for this book). Suitable for browsing, but in particular for reading aloud at that time of year if you have people who will stop and listen.
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