Originally published as an advent calendar in the early 1920s, this charming holiday tale - illustrated by Else Wenz-Viëtor, one of Germany's most celebrated picture-book artists from the 1920s and 1930s - was largely forgotten for many decades, until it was rediscovered in a Swiss antiquarian bookseller's shop in 2006. It has now been recreated as a picture-book, both in the original German (Die Christrose - ein Weihnachtsmärchen), and in this new English translation. It's odd to think that, de More...

This story was originally published circa 1920 as a sort of advent calandar. It got lost over time, but was rediscovered in an antiquarian bookshop in Switzerland in 2006, along with the original illustrations by Germany's famous Else Wenz-Vietor. Based on German Christmas traditions, it's a very sweet tale about two woodman's children who want nothing for Christmas but for their ailing father to be well again. Saint Nicholas (who visits homes Dec. 6 in Germany) tells them that the scent of t More...

This is a beautiful and rare book to read. The story itself dates back to 1920 when it was originally released but due to events in history, the story has changed along with some pictures. It was great to read that in 2006, it was found again and reprinted for a whole new generation to read and enjoy. It was written as an advent calender for each day until the eve of Christmas.

The story follows the lives of a son and daughter on a journey to find a flower that will cure their father of More...

This is an Advent book that Ben really loved last year. He was interested in the adventure and the animals and couldn't wait to hear what happened the next night. We were really encouraged by his interest and his ability to understand the ideas without getting too scared.

This is such a beautiful book, I'm so glad it's back in print! You will want to travel to the Winter King with Fritz and Gretl, so good!!