New in paperback. Set in Africa during the Christmas season, this is the story of a village preparing for a celebration - the birth of a child. The story is told in verse inspired by the traditional carol The Twelve Days of Christmas, but in this version by the author Catherine House the gifts are: 1 stork in a baobab tree, 2 thatched huts, 3 woven baskets, 4 market traders, 5 bright khangas, 6 women pounding, 7 children playing, 8 wooden carvings, 9 grazing goats, 10 drummers drumming, 11 dancers dancing and 12 storytellers. This is a Christmas steeped in the atmosphere of African village life, including descriptions of the objects and activities mentioned in the text.
ISBN: | 9781847806055 |
Publication date: | 1st October 2015 |
Author: | Catherine House |
Illustrator: | Polly Alakija |
Publisher: | Frances Lincoln Children's Books |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 32 pages |
Genres: |
Picture storybooks |