Christmas for Greta and Gracie
Yasmeen Ismail
Nosy Crow
With this on the title page,

who could possibly resist the latest offering from the wonderful Yasmeen Ismail who, for me, can do no wrong?
It features sisters, Garrulous Greta, slightly older than Gracie (one year, six months and three days to be precise) and a whole lot noisier: Gracie just liked to listen – usually.
It’s Christmas Eve when we meet them and the girls are busy with the crayons, or rather Gracie is; Greta’s bored and is anxious to get outside and help decorate the village Christmas tree. Here they are …

But when it comes to putting the star atop the tree, guess who insists on climbing up and guess who asks in the shop for the special ribbon to wrap the presents. It certainly isn’t Gracie; she’d wanted red ribbon …

Indeed she only manages to get three words in as a response to Mrs Goose’s “You must be very excited about Christmas, Gracie. What do you think Father Christmas is like?” But those three words pretty much sum up what turns out to be a very special encounter with a very special person at the dead of night while her sister is tucked up fast asleep. …

And on Christmas morning, guess who is finally rendered speechless when having read the label on one of the stockings, hears about that encounter …

What do you think those three words were that Gracie said? Well, if you want to find out, then hot foot it along to your nearest bookshop and get hold of this cracker of a book. It’s totally brilliant.

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