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Mixing elves, counting and bedtime, children will love this brilliantly fun picture book with a shiny foiled cover!

The night before Christmas Eve, Santa could NOT sleep.

So, a couple of his reindeer chums, said, “You should count some sheep!”

Now, Santa’s counted sheep before but something by the shelf

made Santa want to NOT count sheep, and count gold buttoned… ELVES!

What’s the best way to help little ones fall asleep? Introduce them to super cute elves, of course! And with cute, cuddly and helpful elves on every page, and a fun story showing children how to count from one to twenty, this book is set to become every child’s new favourite.

The perfect picture book for all children, especially elf-loving ones!

Helps children learn how to count from one to twenty

Brilliantly fun story and beautiful, full-colour illustrations

Helps children wind-down to bedtime

The perfect picture book to encourage children to love counting as much as they love elves!

Best Children’s Books for 3-5 Year Olds: Christmas 2023 Gift Guide

Books make for a wonderful choice of Christmas gifts for children and we’re here to help with some top recommendations of children’s books for Christmas 2023.

From timeless bedtime stories and curious information books to festive favourites and glorious gift books, we’ve selected our top recommendations of book gifts for children aged 3-5.  We’ve tried to include something for all tastes – look out for rooftop present deliveries, sleigh-driving pigeons, classic EYFS stories and information compendiums in this year’s Christmas Gift Guide for 3- to 5-year-olds.

Whether you are looking for tales based on the Christmas nativity story like Leah’s Star or laugh-out-loud sleigh-ride escapades like Santarella, we hope this guide will fill your little ones with festive cheer. We’ve also included EYFS popular favourites like Supermouse and classic story books like The Tiger Who Came to Tea, as well as information books for curious minds like The First Big Book of Why and beautiful bedtime story compendiums to treasure, such as Secrets of the Forest.

 

The books on this list are also available to purchase from Bookshop or Amazon.

Download Printable PDF – Christmas Gift Book Guide Age 3-5

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Meet hilarious, science-mad chatterbox, Rocket – she’s going to be the greatest astronaut, star-catcher, space-traveller that has ever lived!

But… can she convince her big brother to stop looking down at his phone and start LOOKING UP at the stars?

Bursting with energy and passion about science and space, this heart-warming, inspirational picture book will have readers turning off their screens and switching on to the outside world.

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Violet’s world has changed. Her voice has gone from a giggle to a whisper. So when her teacher casts her in the school play, she is filled with worry. How will she ever stand in front of a crowd and overcome her shyness? With the love and support of her family, Violet must find her inner confidence and turn that whisper into a roar!

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A beautifully illustrated and engaging version of the nativity story.

As the wonderful events of the Nativity unfold, Brian Wildsmith tells of the journey of a little girl and a donkey to Bethlehem. It is their perspective on the Christmas story that gives the book such an intimate, innocent and child-centred appeal.

This classic story from an internationally acclaimed picture-book writer has deservedly become an enduring favourite with children at Christmas time.

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Packed full of fun, What the Ladybird Heard at Christmas is a fantastically lively rhyming adventure from the bestselling picture book partnership of Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks.

In a big old house, the ladybird is visiting her friend the spider for the festive season. But those two bad men, Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len, are up to no good again. They have a devious plan – to steal the children’s Christmas presents from their stockings! It’s a good thing that the clever little ladybird has overheard their awful plotting, and she has a cunning plan to make sure they don’t get away with it.

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A gorgeous Christmas picture book that’s destined to become a festive classic. A little fir tree is too small and too imperfect to be chosen at Christmas time. But being left alone in the forest brings more rewards than the tree could ever have hoped for . . . This is a charming and classic-feeling Christmas picture book with a heartfelt message about love and embracing what makes us different. Families will love sharing the story and talking about kindness, generosity, and the true meaning of Christmas. Award-winning author of books such as The Big Book of Bugs and The Big Book of Beasts, Yuval Zommer puts the living world at the heart of his powerful storytelling.

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A tender Christmas story with charming artwork by Emily Sutton, illustrator of Tiny.

A poignant, exquisitely illustrated Christmas story, with words by Delia Huddy and pictures by rising star Emily Sutton. When the ugly little fir tree is taken to the city, no one wants to buy him; they prefer the big tall trees. But a homeless boy asks the shopkeeper if he can take the tree, and down by the river in a cardboard box, decorated with a few candles, the tree finds itself at the centre of a magical Christmas Eve it will never forget. A Christmas tale with a classic feel but a modern theme at its heart.

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Created by award-winning, bestselling duo Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet, Snowball is a brilliantly funny picture book, with wonderfully comical images illustrating the hilarious rhyming story – perfect for Christmas!

A lonely young snowball, stuck at the top of a mountain, decides to visit the local town for a bit of fun – but on his way he trips, falls, and starts to roll . . . and when a snowball rolls through snow, we all know what happens! This snowball picks up not only snow, but a myriad of other odd things on his way down – a sheep, a line of washing, a bicycling bear, ending up in the Zoo.

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