Do you know what I love more than Christmas?
Advent.
I love the anticipation, the preparation, the excitement
I love the food, the decorations, buying presents, sending cards
I love the festive season just as much as Mouse and Mole
These two utterly adorable characters
Love Christmas
And wonderful Mole who always gets over excited
Just cannot wait for Christmas
This cuddly character reminds me so much of my children
In the title story of the latest Mouse and Mole book
Christmas cannot come fast enough for Mole
He thinks that if he opens all the doors on his advent calendar at once
Then the big day will come sooner
This brilliant story captures all the warmth of the season
All the anticipation, preparation and excitement that I love
It portrays how we all want Christmas to hurry up
And how when it is over we wish we could have it all again
It is such a perfect story
And as always the affection and humour between Mouse and Mole
Is just storybook perfection
I adore these two gentle friends
And it makes my heart sing that my little Edie age 4, adores them too
What Edie does not love is the animated version of the first story in this new book
Snow Mole
The story by Joyce Dunbar is beautifully illustrated by James Mayhew
It is a story of two friends excited for fresh fallen snow
They get outside and play in the winter wonderland
Doing all the things that children love to do
Catching snowflakes on their tongues
Making footprints in the snow
Throwing snowballs
Sledging
Then together they make a snow mole
Mole wants to bring him inside
Which of course they cannot
So Mole decides to say outside with Snow Mole
He talks to his new snow friend
Until he falls asleep and has a lovely dream
The story is perfect
The animation is quite harrowing and Edie gets very upset
She did not want to hear the story from the book at first
But now she has heard it and knows that it is a much happier story
She loves it as much as I do
Do be careful though if you watch the animation
Mole’s dream is quite unsettling for little ones, which is a real shame
The third story in this wonderfully wintry and festive Mouse and Mole book
Is A Bump In The Night
It is very funny and makes us all laugh out loud
The perfect Christmas story
These books are full of heartwarming nostalgia
They make me long for simplicity of Christmases past
They make me determined to give my children magical Christmases
Filled with all the awe and wonder and excitement of the season
These are the books that make my soul sing
They make me feel like there is good in the world
And this festive edition is especially brilliant
In fact all the mouse and mole stories are perfect I think
Two dear friends growing old together
A quirky couple who love each other madly
But sometimes drive each other crackers
These stories are like a soft warm fluffy comfort blanket
And beg to be read in a big armchair with scones and tea
Or in this case, mince pies!
The illustrations are delightful
Capturing the affection between the two friends and their eccentric characters
Such a joy to read aloud
These tales are told with gentle humour and a huge heart
Simple adventures to be enjoyed over and over again
Beautiful books to give as gifts filled with stories to be treasured for always x
