Stick Man
Author: Julia Donaldson
Illustrator: Axel Scheffler
Publisher: Macmillan
Aimed at age: 2-4
This is one of those books that takes place at Christmas time but doesn’t feel overly Christmassy. This makes it the perfect book to start the Christmas countdown with but you can also enjoy it in the height of summer. This heartwarming tale talks of Stick Man and his journey to find his way back to his ‘family tree’, bumping into some new friends, and foes, along the way.