On a Snowy Night

by Various

As the snow starts to fall on a winter's night, a young arctic fox heads out to find food for her little brother, a stone hare is brought to life by moonlight magic and a brave zebra saves Santa's sleigh ride, just in time for Christmas. A delightful anthology of animal stories that makes perfect bedtime reading. Snuggle up with your little ones and share these sweet stories before they go to sleep.

224 pages, Paperback

Published October 8, 2015

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Reviews

[Afifah · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stars. A very heart-warming read on a cold night.

[Carla · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is made up of several stories that take place on snowy nights, all involving animals. This would be a great book to read aloud to little ones, or for early readers/middle graders to read by themselves.

An Arctic fox sneaks out of her den to find food for her mother and little brother. She gets lost in the blizzard and is not sure if she will find her way back home. A statue of a rabbit sits in Grandma's garden. On a magic night it comes alive and plays with her granddaugher in the snow. What happens when a turtle sneaks out of the house using the cat door. Will he find his way back in the house or will he freeze to death out in the snow? When one of Santa's reindeer eats to many carrots and makes himself sick over Africa, how will Santa finish his nightly deliveries? Can a zebra help out? What happens when a mountain goat meets up with a fire breathing dragon?

Cute stories to catch a child's imagination. The illustrations are cute black and white drawings that add just enough to the story, but still leave a lot to the imagination.

I received a copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

[Nayuleska · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'd have bought this book for the sole reason that the legendary Holly Webb is one of the authors who has created a cute winter tale (with tails involved!). I'm thankful I received it for review, not only are the illustrations adorable, making me go 'awww' every time I saw one, the stories are heartwarming too. They have refreshing plots, courageous characters, and I want to meet everyone in there.

The stories are fun with unexpected twists that although I knew there should be a happy ending, I wasn't always convinced there would be one and had absolutely no clue how it would happen. All the authors created timeless magical stories which I'll be rereading for many years to come – I hope you feel the same way too!

I received a copy from the publisher in exchange for an honest review on my blog Nayu's Reading Corner http://nayusreadingcorner.blogspot.co...

[Donna Maguire · Rating 4 out of 5]

I started reading this book at the end of 2015 and when flicking through my Kindle realised that I still had quite a few of the short stories left to read. I had forgotten how nice they are to read, they have lovely characters and descriptive scenes. A lovely little Christmas read for any fans of animals out there, I would have loved this book when I was much younger.

[Jono McDermott · Rating 5 out of 5]

A beautiful collection of heartwarming nostalgia trips! Just had to read these out to a friend, because to leave them unspoken would have been a crime.