It begins with Mary Joslin's retelling of the Nativity and ends with The Nutcracker, all of the stories delivering a strong moral message about faith, hope, generosity and acceptance of hardships.
It was interesting to read about the origins of each story in the final section. Ages 4-plus.
- Laura Hewson is an ODT subeditor and mother.
Win a copy
The ODT has five copies of Lion Classic Christmas Stories, by Mary Joslin and Jane Ray (RRP $24.99) to give away courtesy of Lion Hudson and its distributor New Holland Publishers. For your chance to win a copy, email helen.speirs@odt.co.nz with your name and postal address in the body of the email, and ''Christmas Book Competition'' in the subject line, by 5pm on Tuesday, December 10.
