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Brown Bear Wood: Christmas is Coming to Town!

A Fold-Out Christmas Village and Advent Calendar!
By Rachel Piercey
Series: Brown Bear Wood
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Welcome friend to Christmas Street.Your timing's oh so good.Our Christmas countdown has begun -so let's explore the wood... Count down to Christmas with Bear and his woodland friends in this spectacular advent calendar book - with surprises hidden under 24 doors, festive activities to enjoy as... Read More
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Count down to Christmas with Bear and his woodland friends in this spectacular advent calendar book - with surprises hidden under 24 doors, festive activities to enjoy as a family and a magical fold-out village to display.

Count down to Christmas with Bear and his woodland friends in this spectacular advent calendar book - with surprises hidden under 24 doors, festive activities to enjoy as a family and a magical fold-out village to display.

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Welcome friend to Christmas Street.
Your timing's oh so good.
Our Christmas countdown has begun -
so let's explore the wood...

Count down to Christmas with Bear and his woodland friends in this spectacular advent calendar book - with surprises hidden under 24 doors, festive activities to enjoy as a family, and a magical fold-out village to display.

Every day of December brings a delightful door to open, with fun, read-aloud rhyming text and gorgeous illustrations hidden behind 24 flaps. With fun, family-friendly activities on the reverse, including:

  • Tell a Christmas Story with Papa Bear
  • Write a Letter to Santa with Professor Owl
  • Bake Carrot Oat Bars for Rudolph with Mama Fox
  • Build a Snowdeer with the Deer Family
  • Decorate a Gingerbread Burrow with Bunny
  • Pick the Perfect Tree with Bear
  • Make Gift Wrap with the Squirrel Family

With a gorgeous gold foil case and red ribbon tie, this makes a perfect gift for Christmas.

Series: Brown Bear Wood

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781917044325

Publisher: Magic Cat Publishing

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 17 July 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Magic Cat Publishing

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Freya Hartas

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 21.0mm

Width: 178.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 155g

Pages: 16

Collections

Children's Books Children's Christmas Books and Gifts Children’s, Teenage and Educational Christmas Books and Gifts Rachel Piercey Series: Brown Bear Wood

About the Author

Freya Hartas is a UK based artist specialising in children's books and is the illustrator of the internationally bestselling Slow Down and Brown Bear Wood series. She graduated from Falmouth University with a first-class honours in BA Illustration in 2014. Freya loves to conjure up humorous characters, animals and monsters, creating the most fantastical worlds for them to inhabit and get lost in.

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