We wrote this for the Guardian Children’s Books Family Reviews

This is a cosy Alfie story about the lead up to Christmas & the magical day itself, shared with family and friends. As always his little sister, Annie Rose, is there to add some mischief to the story.

In Alfies christmas we get to see Alfie’s family and friends following festive tradition such as decorating the tree, wrapping presents & baking biscuits. For me the charm of the story is that many of these scenes could come straight out of one of our family photo albums.

The children always enjoy Alfie stories, Freya’s favourite part is seeing Alfie with his friends from nursery school, I think, like me, she enjoys the familiarity of the scenes illustrated in the book. Bryn on the other hand was keen to note how Alfie’s toy got a christmas stocking filled with gifts & opportunistically decided all his teddies should have a christmas stocking.

A story full of warmth & christmassy sentiment, perfect for this time of year.