The Christmas Cobwebs

Usborne First Reading Level 2

by Lesley Sims (Retold by), Ben Mantle (Illustrator)

This is an enchanting retelling of a traditional German tale, written for children just learning to read.
It's Christmas Eve and all is ready for Christmas - until seven spiders cover the tree in cobwebs. Will Christmas Day be ruined - or can Father Christmas save the Day?

In this title, clear, compelling text is matched with lively illustrations, and puzzles at the back consolidate learning. Part of the successful "Usborne First Reading" series, it is developed in consultation with Alison Kelly, Principal Lecturer in Education and reading specialist at Roehampton University.

Genres: Christmas, Picture Books

32 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2012

About the author

Lesley dreamed of being a writer, but studied law as her mother insisted she had "something to fall back on". Since joining Usborne Publishing, she has written and edited hundreds of books, from funny rhyming stories to an award-winning history book. Nowadays, she is often found recording books, too, in Usborne's very own recording studio.

Reviews

[✧ hayley (the sugar bowl) ✧ · Rating 3 out of 5]

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read this in a little advent calendar of christmas books for day 1!



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[Roberta · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book for Christmas for kids a magical tale...

[Kristi C. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Day 1 of an Advent calendar. Magical story for kids with cute illustrations. Loved the spiders, and it was cute how the cat appeared on each page.

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

Who knew that this was the story of why we hang tinsel on the tree?

[Amy James]

We have the Usborne Advent Calendar of books for myself and Nell this year. She enjoyed this first story, and sat on my knee looking at the pictures, attempting to hold the dinky book in her hands.