These fabulous books are great as stocking fillers and will keep your young enthralled! And best of all? You don’t have to wait weeks for delivery! They are all available locally.
Milied Imħawwad
By Ingelin Angerborn
Translated by Ġorġ Mallia and Marie Louise Kold
€15.95, hardback
Think Advent calendars, but with one chapter per night instead of chocolates. A much-loved tradition in Sweden, where this lovely book originates, now translated into Maltese. There’s a chapter to read every December night, all the way to Christmas Eve where all will be revealed. This Christmas where most of us will not be able to travel, this atmospheric and humorous story of Rutan and her friends, will transport us all the way to Sweden and their seasonal traditions.
Meta l-Milied ma ġiex
By Clare Azzopardi, illustrations by Mark Scicluna €5.95
It’s December … but everyone except Karl and Martina seems to have clean forgotten all about Christmas. No decorations, no gift-wrapping, nothing. What’s going on? Will the 25th December be just any other day? And where’s the magic in that? Karl and Martina are determined not to let this happen, at any cost. A beautiful picture book with traditional Maltese setting, perfect for children aged 5-8.
Is-Sinjura Klaws
By Clare Azzopardi, illustrated by Lisa Falzon
€6.50
What if, one Christmas Eve, Father Christmas were to get the flu and end up feverish in bed? Cue his wife, Mrs Claus, to save the day … or rather, the night. With the help of their trustworthy elves, Mrs Claus packs up all the presents and sets off with reindeers and sleigh. This feminist take on Christmas is a twenty-first century must, for children aged 5-8.
“something you want,
something you need,
something to wear and
something to read”
