The Christmas Box

Sam Pig #2 (Extract 1)

by Alison Uttley, Graham Percy (Illustrator)

eng, Pages 198. Reprinted in 2013 with the help of original edition published long back. This book is in black & white, Hardcover, sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Dust Cover, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, there may be some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set, then it is only single volume. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. (Customisation is possible). Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions.Original The Christmas box [Hardcover] Anonymous

Genres: Christmas, Childrens

32 pages, Hardcover

First published October 31, 1989

About the author

Alison Uttley (17 December 1884 – 7 May 1976), née Alice Jane Taylor, was a prolific British writer of over 100 books. She is now best known for her children's series about Little Grey Rabbit, and Sam Pig.

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Reviews

[Dorothea · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is one of Alison Uttley's books about Sam Pig. I've read nearly all of her Little Grey Rabbit stories, but this happens to be the only Sam Pig story I know, which means I don't have any context and it's a bit weird to read.

Here are the things I know about Sam Pig having read The Christmas Box:

1. Sam Pig lives with three other pigs: Ann, Tom, and Bill. They all seem older and more knowledgeable than Sam. Tom cooks, Bill is "the gardener," and Ann is sometimes "Sister Ann."

2. The four pigs' "friend and guardian" is Badger. Badger is the only one who expects to get Christmas presents (from the pigs), although he does give them a Christmas tree.

3. When Sam asks Ann about Christmas cards, she has to think for a while. "I had forgotten what a Christmas card was like," she says. She directs Sam to a forgotten set of watercolor paints that had belonged to "our grandmother," so that he can paint some cards.

This is actually a very sweet story, but on this read-through I made the mistake of trying to understand Sam Pig's life from this one book, and now I'm imagining all sorts of dark secrets that explain the pigs' isolation from other pigs, their dependence on Badger, and Ann's Christmas-card-related amnesia.

It's quite eerie.

It makes me glad that I've read so many of the Little Grey Rabbit stories, or I'd be tempted to ponder her living arrangement. ... oh dear.

[Bud and Mama · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nostalgic bliss.

I had these books as a child and was delighted to find them in a charity shop when I was pregnant with Bud.

These charming books about the lives of of anthropomorphic animals living in a wood are wonderful. The message of the story seems along the lines of everyone has something different yet equally special to offer.

I’d say that it’s probably best suited to ages 5 upwards, but I read it to my under1 year old when he woke in the night once and it was a lovely, longer yet gentle paced book to read.

[Gina House · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5🌟 A really cute Christmas-themed book. Reading this book without knowing anything about the Sam Pig character took away a little enjoyment of the story, but it was still good.

It was lovely to read about the gift giving details and the colorful illustrations are very sweet.

If I come across more Sam Pig books by Alison Uttley, I would give them a try. I'll keep this book in my collection until I can read more of the books before this one.

This is a great Christmas book for children would like pigs or love animals.

[Kathryn · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is definitely from an era where children could sit through long, repetitive journeys without getting restless. My daughter can follow a longer plot line, but this lost her within a couple of pages. I'm sure it's a lovely story if it could be condensed a bit.

[Georgina Warren · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another childhood favorite! I have fond memories of Sam Pig and his friends. A wonderful Christmas story.