As she pushed open the door,
a bell on a spring rang merrily.
A little breath of Christmas slipped past her,
out into December Lane
These are the most beautiful words - a little breath of Christmas.
A little girl, with no name, in a red coat and hat is searching shop windows in the busy city. She wants to find the perfect present for someone very special. It is now getting dark and her time has almost run out. She stumbles across a shop filled with toys but oddly the one customer seems to be taking everything. In a matter of minutes his huge sack is full and there is nothing left.
The girl leaves the shop empty handed but discovers the town is now covered in a soft blanket of fresh snow. Perhaps this can be her gift.
We are celebrating the twelve books of Christmas in our school library. Each day we announce a winning class and they come to the library to collect a parcel containing a special Christmas book which will be shared with the whole class. In this way our Christmas books are shared right across the school. Tomorrow one lucky class will receive Twenty-five December Lane.
I have discovered there is an audio version of this gentle book. I need to put this new copy onto my shopping list tonight.
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