AWW Christmas Collection by AUSTRALIAN WOMEN S WEEKLY

$35.00 NZD

Category: Christmas

This is a comprehensive collection of Christmas recipes, both traditional and modern. It contains recipes for everything you're likely to want to eat on Christmas Day: breakfasts, drinks, finger food, starters, the big Christmas main course, vegetables and salads, Christmas puddings, Christmas cakes, mi nce pies, chocolates. But there is more to this book than that. There are edible gifts u cookies, jars of fruit mince, individual puddings and cakes. As well, there are ideas for Christmas wrappings, decorations and table settings. And to top it all off, there are innovative recipes for those inevitable Christmas leftovers, so Boxing Day will be a feast too. ...Show more

The 12 Days of Christmas: A Collection of Holiday Favourites by Margaret Fulton

$30.00 NZD

Category: Christmas

Christmas is a time of tradition, of sharing meals and memories with family and loved ones. The 12 Days of Christmas makes this time even more special, with its collection of 60 holiday recipes for the festive season from Australia's favourite cookery author Margaret Fulton, showcasing indulgent seasona l favourites and fresh new flavours like Roasted Stuffed Turkey Breast, Baked Guinness Ham and a delicious traditional French Roast Chicken dinner. This is every cook's essential guide for the holiday season. ...Show more

Christmas Crafts by Catherine Woram

$38.00 NZD

Category: Christmas

Christmas is the perfect time to get crafting and decorate your house the homemade way. Rather than buying expensive, mass-produced Christmas decorations, follow the ideas and projects in Christmas Crafts and make your own stylish and fun creations. Decorating the Christmas tree always kickstarts the fe stive celebrations, and in the first chapter you will find masses of new ideas, from chandelier beads suspended from velvet ribbons to felt stars and cinnamon stick bundles. The next chapter focuses on wrapping presents, and here there are giftwrap projects using boxes and bows, paper and fabric, buttons and ricrac. The third chapter on cards also features labels and gift tags, and the projects range from fun snowmen greetings cards to stencilled and stamped cards which you can easily make in large numbers. The dining table takes centre stage on Christmas Day itself, and the chapter on table settings suggests different themes and colour schemes, from sophisticated silver to red-and-white country style, to traditional red, green and gold. There's nothing nicer than receiving a homemade present, so the section on foodie gifts includes chocolates, festive cupcakes, chocolate brownies and biscuits to hang from the Christmas tree. And finally, as Christmas is the time for children of all ages, there is a chapter on makes for kids, including brightly coloured paper chains, paper snowflakes and pompom decorations. ...Show more

The Story of Christmas Advent Calendar by Mary Packard

$40.00 NZD

Category: Christmas

Clearly, the format is just irresistible. Wonderfully illustrated and brimming with Christmas spirit, the calendar features 24 jewel-like miniatures board books, nestled in a three-panelled, stand alone backer. The books are numbered 1 through 24, and, like the peek-a-boo windows on an Advent calendar, are meant to be opened one per day from December 1st through Christmas Eve. Read in sequence, they capture the magic of the first Christmas, from Gabriel's visit to Mary (Book 4) to the three Wise men gazing at the star (Book 9) to Jesus' birth (Book 24). Each book is one of four different trim sizes and features a gold thread loop so that after it's read, it can be hung on the Christmas tree. ...Show more

A Tree for Christmas by Jane Riordan

$20.00 NZD

Category: Christmas

It wouldn't be Christmas without a Christmas tree but when Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet set off to find the perfect tree in the Hundred Acre Wood they soon run into difficulties ... But perhaps with the help of their friends Eeyore, Rabbit, Tigger and Owl, they'll be able to make this a Christmas to remem ber after all. A warming winter tale for fans of The Best Bear in All The World, with delightful new illustrations. ...Show more

Decorated Gingerbread by Annie Rigg

$30.00 NZD

Category: Christmas

Get your piping bags ready and let baking queen Annie Rigg inspire you to create all sorts of cute and quirky gingerbread characters and shapes. Once you know how to make the dough and you have got to grips with Annie's icing techniques, you'll be ready to start decorating. Adults and kids will love the ideas in the Cute chapter. From a gingerbread family to a fluffy sheep, there's something here to bring a smile to someone's face. When you want to really show off your decorating skills, why not turn to the Pretty chapter? Bring a box of beautiful autumn leaf cookies to a Thanksgiving dinner, or a batch of pretty shoes to a Mother's Day tea party. Christmas, Halloween and weddings are all perfect occasions for Festive gingerbread. If you're tired of bringing out the same Christmas ornaments year after year, bake some wreaths or snowflakes and hang them on the tree. Fill the house with the delicious smell of baking cookies and start decorating! ...Show more

A Pirate's Twelve Days of Christmas by Philip Yates

$17.00 NZD

Category: Christmas

Ahoy mateys Christmas be comin, and even pirates celebrate! In this exciting, vibrant, high-seas reimagining of The Twelve Days of Christmas," a brave cabin boy receives marvelously mysterious gifts for 12 days. But who are they from? With a lively sense of fun and rhythm, and energetic pirate slang, Ph ilip Yates and Sebastia Serra create a delightful world all their own and the perfect introduction to a traditional Christmas carol for the Advent season. Carefully abridged from the original hardcover for a board book audience." ...Show more

A Christmas Wish by Beatrix Potter

$16.00 NZD

Category: Christmas

It's Christmas Eve and Peter Rabbit and his sisters are excited, but Peter is worried too. They have all wished for a special present but Peter can't sleep, and he knows Father Christmas won't visit if he's still awake. As the hours drag by anxious Peter hears a little creak here, and a little bump ther e, so now he's even less likely to fall asleep. Poor Peter. Will his Christmas wish ever come true? This is the second title in a new series of stories for the very young set in Peter Rabbit's world. The simple tales mirror important early experiences and emotions of young children through the eyes of Beatrix Potter's most well-loved characters, while Eleanor Taylor's illustrations are filled with charm, warmth and humour. Also available- Three Little Bunnies ...Show more

Simon and the Holy Night by Eve Tharlet

$35.00 NZD

Category: Christmas

My Treasury of Christmas Carols and Stories by Hinkler Books

$25.00 NZD

Category: Christmas

Fill the year with festive cheer and celebrate the holidays with My Treasury of Christmas Carols & Stories. This beautifully illustrated book captures the spirit of Christmas for the entire family to share. This timeless collection of traditional Christmas carols, poems, rhymes and stories contains all the delights of the season, from the first Christmas to Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. The sound of Christmas will ring with favourites such as Jingle Bells and Silent Night. The book also includes adaptations of much-loved holiday scenes from classic tales including Wind in the Willows, Anne of Green Gables and Little Women. Stunningly presented in padded hardback with gilt edging and place-holder ribbon, this is the fifth title in Hinkler's Treasury series; added to My Nursery Rhymes Collection, My Treasury of Bedtime Tales, My Treasury of Fairytales and My Treasury of Five-Minute Tales. ...Show more

The Story Tree by Tom Percival

$18.00 NZD

Category: Christmas | Series: Little Legends

It's time to save Tale Town! Tale Town is on lockdown as Mayor Fitch prepares for an attack from the trolls. Desperate to gain the trolls' magical power, he is encouraging a war and gambling his town's safety on his quest for magical power. The children of Tale Town learn from their troll-child frien d that Hurrilan, the leader of the trolls, is planning an attack. They must move fast to save their troll friend from danger, release Rufaro from Hurrilan's crystal ball and convince the people of Tale Town of Fitch's evil plan. All seems lost until a leaf from the story tree changes everything ... ...Show more

Guff by Aaron Blabey

$21.00 NZD

Category: Christmas

This is my Guff.He's really nice.I've known him since I was little.And I still know him even now I'm big...A funny and delightful picture book for 4+ for anyone who's ever had a little fabric friend. From the award-winning and best-selling author, Aaron Blabey.