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The Night Before Christmas In Wonderland
But this is no ordinary Christmas Eve - this year Santa and his reindeer have to deliver a very special present to someone in a most unusual place - Wonderland!
46 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 2019
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December 10, 2025
Relato infantil (+3 años)
Ilustraciones a todo color y toda página, con pocas frases, muchos párrafos en verso. Una historia muy cortita ideal para contar antes de dormir, para que los peques miren las ilustraciones mientras se lo contamos . Historias muy simple pero original y simpática,
Ideal para los amantes de la Navidad y de el cuento de Alicia en el País de las Maravillas. En este caso es como un retelling navideño en el que acompañamos a Papá Noel al País de las Maravillas y averiguaremos por qué, la que fue princesa de corazones es tan gruñona ahora que es mayor.
Ilustraciones a todo color y toda página, con pocas frases, muchos párrafos en verso. Una historia muy cortita ideal para contar antes de dormir, para que los peques miren las ilustraciones mientras se lo contamos . Historias muy simple pero original y simpática,
Ideal para los amantes de la Navidad y de el cuento de Alicia en el País de las Maravillas. En este caso es como un retelling navideño en el que acompañamos a Papá Noel al País de las Maravillas y averiguaremos por qué, la que fue princesa de corazones es tan gruñona ahora que es mayor.
December 19, 2025
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January 26, 2026
Christmas + Alice in Wonderland? Hello! YES! This was a magical picture book!
I came across this book in Dutch at my Library and I just HAD to get it. And now I have to review it as it was just so much fun and I want more people to discover this delightful Christmas tale!
In this one it is about time for Santa to go on his grand journey to give all the good kids presents. But then one of his elves runs to him with an OLD OLD letter. Apparently it is from Wonderland and apparently it is from the Queen (or when the later was written, the princess) of Hearts. Yup. You know the one. The one who loves lobbing off heads. I guess not getting any Christmas presents + the general craziness of Wonderland does that to people. I loved that Santa immediately went to Wonderland to fix it, but I was laughing when he was confused as to why there were no decorations, yeah, dude, did you see how old the letter was? I know time moves weirdly in Wonderland, but it has been ages. You should get that at least. But anyways. I loved seeing Santa explore both the castle, and then later another fun part of the world of Wonderland with various fun known characters. From the hare who is always late, to our Mad Hatter, to Alice, and several others! It was such a delight and I was just so happy to see them again and in Kate Hindley’s fun way.
The book is also in rhyme, or at least the Dutch one was, and it made it all the more magical and fun to read!
The artwork? As expected from Kate Hindley! Perfection! Gorgeous character designs (a not-blonde Alice for instance), so many fun details you can just keep on reading the book for a long time and still find fun things, gorgeous endpapers, and more! I loved every moment. Well, OK, I am not sure if that cat that is with the Queen all the time is the Cheshire Cat or not.
There was just one part I wasn’t too happy with. When Santa gave our Queen the coal. Yes, she kinda deserves it, I mean, she wanted to lob off Santa’s head. But to be fair Santa, it is partially your fault as well. Before this, there was a happy princess with dreams and then Christmas NEVER once came for her. I think for me it would have been better if Santa had shown her a gift and told her if she wanted it he wanted to have some cheer to make it more festive. Not this coal nonsense. Oh, and while I get that the reindeer was doing self-defence I was a bit like, what the heck when that happened.
But other than that one thing, this was a delight to read and I wouldn’t mind more mix-ups with fairy tale lands!
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
I came across this book in Dutch at my Library and I just HAD to get it. And now I have to review it as it was just so much fun and I want more people to discover this delightful Christmas tale!
In this one it is about time for Santa to go on his grand journey to give all the good kids presents. But then one of his elves runs to him with an OLD OLD letter. Apparently it is from Wonderland and apparently it is from the Queen (or when the later was written, the princess) of Hearts. Yup. You know the one. The one who loves lobbing off heads. I guess not getting any Christmas presents + the general craziness of Wonderland does that to people. I loved that Santa immediately went to Wonderland to fix it, but I was laughing when he was confused as to why there were no decorations, yeah, dude, did you see how old the letter was? I know time moves weirdly in Wonderland, but it has been ages. You should get that at least. But anyways. I loved seeing Santa explore both the castle, and then later another fun part of the world of Wonderland with various fun known characters. From the hare who is always late, to our Mad Hatter, to Alice, and several others! It was such a delight and I was just so happy to see them again and in Kate Hindley’s fun way.
The book is also in rhyme, or at least the Dutch one was, and it made it all the more magical and fun to read!
The artwork? As expected from Kate Hindley! Perfection! Gorgeous character designs (a not-blonde Alice for instance), so many fun details you can just keep on reading the book for a long time and still find fun things, gorgeous endpapers, and more! I loved every moment. Well, OK, I am not sure if that cat that is with the Queen all the time is the Cheshire Cat or not.
There was just one part I wasn’t too happy with. When Santa gave our Queen the coal. Yes, she kinda deserves it, I mean, she wanted to lob off Santa’s head. But to be fair Santa, it is partially your fault as well. Before this, there was a happy princess with dreams and then Christmas NEVER once came for her. I think for me it would have been better if Santa had shown her a gift and told her if she wanted it he wanted to have some cheer to make it more festive. Not this coal nonsense. Oh, and while I get that the reindeer was doing self-defence I was a bit like, what the heck when that happened.
But other than that one thing, this was a delight to read and I wouldn’t mind more mix-ups with fairy tale lands!
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
October 19, 2020
Great fun, melding the fantastic festive poem with the much loved children’s classic, genuinely made me laugh out loud with delight.
December 29, 2019
I love variations of this story so when I saw this on an Instagram post I ordered it asap. It did not disappoint. I read it out loud on Christmas Eve to the family (no one is under 12 yrs old) and they all enjoyed it. So glad this is in my collection.
December 22, 2020
Prerequisites: "alice in wonderland" and "twas the night before christmas"
February 16, 2021
En français : La veille de Noël au pays des merveilles.
Un lapin en retard pour poster une lettre très importante provoque la colère de la jeune princesse de coeur.
Un lapin en retard pour poster une lettre très importante provoque la colère de la jeune princesse de coeur.
December 20, 2021
Alice in wonderland + Christmas! Few of my favourite things!
December 28, 2021
4/5
Un très bel album mixant Père Noël et Le pays des merveilles !
Un très bel album mixant Père Noël et Le pays des merveilles !
December 18, 2022
A rhyming take on Clement C Moore’s classic. Read to my Y1’s and whilst a couple were a bit scared by the queen of hearts head chopping references we all loved it in the end!
December 3, 2023
Beautifull book with rymes And they tuned in all the important wonderland things in this lovely festive edition :)
January 17, 2024
A bit grown up for my little ones second Christmas but it's a beautiful picture book and I look forward to revisiting it in Christmas' to come
January 25, 2026
"Безсердечна" на мінімалках та зі щасливим кінцем)
December 23, 2024
What a fabulous story by a debut author. I will definately look out for other books by Carys Bexington. My grandchildren are going to love it. Kate Hindley has illustrated it wonderfully. Don't miss itThis is a clever and beautiful book that combines the worlds of Christmas and Wonderland to fantastic effect. Simply gorgeous and with a beautiful rhyming text. 2019’s must-have Christmas picture book
November 19, 2024
I read this book after I saw the movie. The book is much shorter and sweeter. The movie is too long with too many songs. But I wanted some of the details from the movie to be in the book.
November 30, 2025
This was so cute, I liked it much better than the movie - the artwork is just beautiful and suits Wonderland so well.
November 28, 2024
I got a free copy at my office bc we are releasing the film soon and read it because why not. It's very cute. Will make a good gift for a child.
January 9, 2025
❗️3.5/5🌟
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