Maisy: Maisy's Christmas Eve

Maisy

by Lucy Cousins

A delightful holiday picture book with a read-along CD narrated by screen star Jane Horrocks

It’s Christmas Eve, and snow is falling everywhere — on Maisy’s house, on her friends’ houses, even on Eddie! Everyone is invited to Maisy’s house for Christmas, so off they go in the snow, Cyril on snowshoes and Charley and Tallulah by sled. Luckily, it’s warm inside, and there’s plenty to do, decorating the tree, making mince pies, and wrapping presents. But wait a minute — where is Eddie?

Genres: Christmas, Picture Books, Childrens, Holiday, Fiction, Juvenile

32 pages, Paperback

First published September 29, 2003

About the author

Lucy Cousins, BA Honours in Graphic Design from The Faculty of Arts and Architecture, Brighton Polytechnic, postgraduate degree from Royal College of Art, is an author-illustrator of children's books. She is best known for her books featuring Maisy Mouse but she has also published other children's books including one about Noah's Ark. She is a mother of four and lives in Hampshire, England. Her own children are the inspiration for her books whose age range is 2-8.

Reviews

[☀️CJ☀️ · Rating 5 out of 5]

I absolutely love how you can tell Lucy Cousins used gouache to paint the illustrations in her booms. Even with simplistic background designs, the scenes are so vibrant and full of life!

[Maquandolofai unfiglio · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mr P non ne ha voluto sapere, né in inglese né in italiano. Ho provato più volte a proporlo ma nada. Sorry Maisy riproveremo più avanti.

Aggiornamento: come spesso accade a due giorni dalla restituzione in biblioteca Mr P ha deciso che dovevamo leggerlo duecento volte. Sembra essere piaciuto.

[TCNS]

Maisy and her friends celebrate Christmas and find Eddie who gets lost.

[Fatima Seraj Alam · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved the fact that even though this was a Christmas based Maisy book, there is a moral in looking out for and helping out your friends.

[Amy James]

She isn't into these but maybe she will be next year.

[Rosa Cline · Rating 3 out of 5]

Maisy is a mouse and her friends are all coming together for Christmas. They are a crocodile, a bird, an elephant, and a squirrel. They all get to Maisy's house and decorate and eat but they are missing Eddie the elephant! So they all put their coats and mittens on to go in search of him! Where do they find him but a big snow elephant! They dig him out with Maisy's tractor and have a happy Christmas after all!

Maisy books are very simply drawn, not to overwhelming for young listeners-readers. And the text is simple and easy to follow when someone is reading it them and would be a bit tough for a beginning reader to read on their own but with practice and an adult helping I bet they could read it alone in no time. Maisy books are a joy to read.

[Dee · Rating 2 out of 5]

So Maisy books are simplistic and nice for young reads. Overall good. What I didn't like about the book is that the friend who got stuck in the snow was Eddie the elephant and they needed a tractor to get him unstuck. It is pretty funny thinking about an elephant stuck in snow and needing a tractor, but what is it saying about kids who are overweight? Why was it the big "kid" that got stuck and was slow? I just think the book might contribute to stereotypes about large kids.

Ps I like the theme of the book as it snowed a lot on Christmas Eve this year!

[Terry]

Borrow this one. It's a great story, but probably won't last but a season or two. Keep it in mind as a gift.

[Meredith · Rating 2 out of 5]

Maisy the mouse is having a Christmas Eve party, and all her animal friends are invited for this secular celebration. Unfortunately, Eddie the Elephant gets stuck in the snow and needs to be rescued.

[Library Quine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Maisy and friends get ready for Christmas at Maisy's house - all except for Eddie the elephant. Eventually they decide to hunt for him in the snow and need a tractor to pull him out with a pop. The illustrations are lovely, I just find the names a little tricky!

[Vicki · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's snowing so much how will all of Maisy's friends get to her house for Christmas Eve? The book shares several ways to get through the snow and helps children to think of ways to find a lost friend.

[Cheriee Weichel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Poor Eddie, the elephant gets lost in the snow on his way to Maisy's house. My two and a half year old granddaughter and I have been reading this for the last couple of months. She pretty much tells the story to me these days and makes me respond to her questions, Is that Eddie?

[Amy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a cute book. Eddie the Elephant gets lost and they find him in the snow. Then they have to pull him out.

[April · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read for Christmas Tot-Time. The kids love finding Eddie the elephant under the snow.

[Kiersten · Rating 4 out of 5]

There really isn't anything in particular about this book that stands out, but it has fun, bright illustrations, and Caleb liked it.

[Bridget]

Have the audio version

[Pinky · Rating 3 out of 5]

Maisy invites her friends over for Christmas. They help Eddie get unstuck from the snow when he doesn't show up to the party on time.

[Kathleen · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a decent secular Christmas book for very young kids.

[许馨茹]

2014-01-16中午睡前 让nico自己选书看 选了这一本

[Katy W · Rating 3 out of 5]

All of these Maisy books are perfect for pre-schoolers. Bright colours and simple stories about things that very young children are familiar with.