#christmas book

[ebookporn]

True story...

Years ago, renowned fantasy artist Todd Lockwood pitched me a children’s Christmas book idea based on the Twelve Days of Christmas. On paper, it was a fantastic concept. I felt sure it would be a holiday classic, but it was incredibly ambitious.

There are a lot of children's Christmas books published each year. It is a competitive category. Then he shared some of his illustrations - they blew me away. He had created a wild and anarchic celebration of the timeless holiday song that honors the anthropomorphic illustrations of the great Wallace Tripp and Bill Peet while incorporating elements of Where’s Waldo and Graham Base’s Animalia. This was a book kids would want to read over and over every year, finding and counting all the characters and discovering something new each time they explored the detailed illustrations.

But back then, working with traditional publishers, Christmas books came with very rigid milestones to hit. There were firm on-sale dates and a short holiday book sales season. In the end, to do a book like this Todd Lockwood, one of the most in-demand fantasy artists working, would have to clear his schedule and work exclusively on these grand illustrations for a year to make those dates. The logistics just didn’t work. There were just too many already contracted New York Times Bestselling book covers to paint.

But that was the pre-Kickstarter world. At last, this epic work will hit the press, and I can’t recommend it enough. If you have kids, you will want to make this book a family Christmas tradition.

Support the book here

#librarians #christmas book #childrens illustration #todd lockwood #booksellers #twelve days of christmas

[storywriter12]

My last chapter of my hilson book is up now to read on wattpad. It's been so fun writing about them! I love them both I might even do a few more books about them I don't know yet 🤷‍♀️ but thank you to everyone who is reading that book 😊❤️

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[pixiepanbooks]

An urban take on a timeless, 200-year-old Christmas classic, The Night Before Christmas, originally known as Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas or Santa Claus.

Signed copies are available at www.pixiepanbooks.com

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[kwshahrazad]

Looking for ARC Readers - Coming of Age Book - Christmas Eid

Hello!

I am a newly published author looking for readers. My book is called Christmas Eid; Picture the movie Booksmart but festive with Christmas and Eid overlapping, featuring a fun, immigrant, muslim family.

If you're interested and you'd like to receive a free copy (with the idea that you'd give it an honest review), please contact me via message or fill the form below out directly.

Please like and share to help me spread the word. I'd really appreciate it!

Apply to be an ARC to receive a free copy: https://forms.gle/YBw24rbyXiFJheTt5

Click Here to Read Sample Chapter

Thank you so much!!

Love, Shahra

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[abramsbooks]

RECIPE: Fudge Cake with Caramel-Bourbon Buttercream (from Christmas with Southern Living 2022)

This swoon-worthy layer cake is a chocolate-lovers’ dream!

Serves 16

Active: 1 hour

Total: 3 hours, 10 minutes

FUDGE CAKE

1½ cups bittersweet chocolate chips

½ cup butter, softened

1 (1-lb.) pkg. light brown sugar

3 large eggs

2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for pans

1 tsp. baking soda

½ tsp. table salt

½ tsp. ground cinnamon

1 (8-oz.) container sour cream

1 cup hot strong brewed coffee

1 Tbsp. (½ oz.) bourbon

CARAMEL BUTTERCREAM

1 cup granulated sugar

1/3 cup water

1/3 cup heavy cream

¼ cup butter, chilled and cut into ½-inch pieces

1 cup butter, softened

4 oz. cream cheese, softened

½ tsp. vanilla extract

¼ tsp. table salt

4 cups unsifted powdered sugar

CHOCOLATE GANACHE

8 oz. semisweet baking chocolate (2 [4-oz.] baking chocolate bars), chopped

6 oz. bittersweet baking chocolate (from 2 [4-oz.] baking chocolate bars), chopped

1½ cups heavy cream

ADDITIONAL INGREDIENT

Shaved bittersweet chocolate

Prepare the Cake: Coat 2 (9-inch) square cake pans with cooking spray; dust with flour. Preheat oven to 350°F. Microwave chocolate chips in a microwavable bowl on MEDIUM (50% power) until melted, about 2 minutes, stopping to stir every 30 seconds. Stir until completely smooth.

Beat butter and brown sugar in the bowl of a heavy-duty stand mixer on medium until combined, about 5 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating to combine after each addition. Add melted chocolate, beating until just combined.

Sift together flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. Gradually add to chocolate mixture alternately with sour cream, beginning and ending with flour mixture, beating on low speed to blend after each addition. Gradually add coffee, beating on low. Stir in bourbon. Pour batter evenly into prepared pans.

Bake cake layers in preheated oven until a wooden pick comes out clean, 22 to 25 minutes. Cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes. Remove cake layers from pans; transfer to wire racks to cool completely, about 1 hour.

Prepare the Buttercream: Place sugar and water in a saucepan; cook, stirring, over medium-high, until sugar dissolves, about 1 minute. Bring to a boil over medium-high. Cook, without stirring but swirling pan occasionally, until deep amber, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat. Add cream in a steady stream, stirring constantly. Stir in chilled butter until smooth; transfer to a bowl to cool, about 1 hour.

Beat softened butter and cream cheese in bowl of a heavy-duty stand mixer on medium until creamy, 3 minutes. Stir in vanilla and salt. Add 2 cups of the powdered sugar, beating on low until smooth, 2 minutes. Add caramel; beat on medium until combined, 2 minutes. Beat in remaining 2 cups powdered sugar on low to combine.

Prepare the Chocolate Ganache: Microwave semisweet and bittersweet baking chocolates and cream in a microwavable bowl on MEDIUM (50% power) for 1 minute. Remove and stir. Microwave until melted, 3 to 3½ minutes, stopping to stir every 30 seconds.

Assemble Cake: Place 1 cake layer on a platter; pour half of ganache on top, allowing some to drip over edges. Freeze to set, about 5 minutes. Spread half of buttercream to edges. Top with remaining layer; repeat with remaining ganache and buttercream. Garnish with shaved chocolate.

From the editors at Southern Living, warm and welcoming holiday recipes and creative ideas for decorating, entertaining, and handmade gifts

Discover fun and creative new ways to decorate, entertain, and handcraft gifts for the holidays. Sparkling menus and easy décor ideas, along with more than 100 brand-new recipes from the professionals of the South's most trusted kitchen, make entertaining a breeze for celebrations of all sizes. Inside, the editors of Southern Living reveal their favorite cooking tips and make-ahead secrets that take the pressure off hosting and put the focus on family and friends. There is also a special gifts-from-the-kitchen section with recipes for treats to wrap and share. More than 200 photographs show off dazzling holiday decorations and table settings to try, plus inspired designs for holiday wreaths, trees, centerpieces, and mantel arrangements. Christmas with Southern Living is the go-to resource for everything you need to make your holiday bright.

For more information, click here.

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[mariahxcarey]

THE CHRISTMAS PRINCESS IS OUT / 2022 Mariah Carey

#mariah carey #the christmas princess #christmas book #media #2022

[azazel-dreams]

It Must Have Been The Mistletoe

Rating: ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤

#It Must Have Been The Mistletoe #Judy Astley #Christmas book #books #book recommendations #book reviews

[ash-and-books]

Rating:5/5

Book Blurb:

Should I have trusted my tyrannical boss when he promised he’d get me home for the holidays? Absolutely not.

He gassed up his private jet and decided he’d be joining me so we could close this massive deal before the new year.

There are three conditions to him coming home with me:

1. My family can’t know that he’s my boss (See note above about him being a tyrant) 2. I will absolutely be getting a big fat raise 3. He has to help me with my holiday wishlist

What’s worse than my boss stealing Christmas? Him pretending to be my boyfriend.

Since he’s faking being in love with me, my mom put us together in my childhood bedroom with just one bed to share.

When the mistletoe comes out, I can’t help but wonder what would happen if my hot as coal boss and I were underneath.

Jack Sinclair is nothing but determined to get everything he wants this Christmas, and it looks like I’m at the top of his list.

Review:

What happens when your grumpy grinch of a boss tags along with you for your holiday visit to the family and pretends to be your boyfriend? Apparently a very cute Christmas romance. Jack is a billionaire CEO and a bit of a grinch, he's demanding, cold, and a workaholic. Presley is his assistant, she's sweet, kind, and in love with Christmas. When Jack demands more of her time despite her heading home to her two week vacation ( she has not taken a single day off), Presley tells him she's not staying... so he decides to go with her to visit her family so she can work with him. To make matters worse, he tells her parents he is her boyfriend... and gets to her from them how much her parents dislike her tyrannical boss. Jack and Presley are forced to share a room, and a bed.. and now they both are dealing with the feelings and tensions that have been growing in them for three years. Jack has been in love with Presley since the first moment she stepped into his office but tried to maintain a professional relationship as much as possible, however that kind of backfired on him as she thinks he's cold and aloof and just wants to make her miserable... he'll just have to prove to her that he is very serious about wanting a relationship and if that means this grinch is gonna grow his heart three sizes, so be it. Jack is determined to do everything on Presley's wishlist and show her just how in love with her he is. This was an adorable Christmas rom com with a grumpy x sunshine couple. Super cute and spicy and I had a blast (plus I would love to red more romances from this author about Presley's brothers).

#book review #christmas romance #christmas book #if you give a grump a holiday wishlist

[bookymcbookface]

The Night Before Christmas , by Clement Clarke Moore, illustrated by Ella Beech

#just finished #reading #the nightmare before christmas #clement clarke moore #Ella beech #childrens books #poetry #christmas book #Christmas #illustration #folio society

[newkidonthebook]

I love reading holiday-themed books over winter vacation, and The Clockwork Crow is a wonderful one to curl up with when it's snowing outside ❄️

I wrote a review on my blog (check it out!🎄), here's an excerpt:

The Clockwork Crow is a whimsical winter’s tale set in a mansion full of secrets and dangerous magic!

On her way to her godparents’ mansion in Wales, orphan Seren Rhys is handed a large parcel by a stranger. When she arrives at the house on a cold December day and opens the package, she finds the pieces to make a mechanical crow inside. Seren can’t resist assembling the crow and she discovers to her surprise that he can move and talk when he’s wound up! The magical clockwork crow helps Seren find clues to solve the mysterious disappearance of her godparent’s son, Tomos, who has been missing from the house for a year. In hushed voices people speak of fairies having taken him, but can that be true? ...

The Clockwork Crow has an eerie and mystical atmosphere which seems to penetrate your bones as you read about Seren tracing clues in her chilly and forbidding new home. I really enjoy how she and her strange crow companion have to scrape together bits and pieces of information about what happened to Tomos while the stern housekeeper, Mrs Villiers, tries to keep Seren in the dark.

Read the rest here 💫

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[omanatascha]

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[curlupwithagoodbook13]

This book is handy and helpful to get through the winter season and the holiday season. I got through this book in a day and a half. It's just full of tips that are spilt into several parts.

#books #book reviews #book recommendations #christmas book #Christmas

[tinkerd]

This is a little clip of 'Kid Christmas: Of The Claus Brothers Toyshop' in shops NOW

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[pixiepanbooks]

#book lovers #booklr #christmas #christmas book #book recommendation #readers of tumblr #newbookalert #bwvanalstyne

[beautyandbosslife]

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#avon #christmas book #gift ideas #christmas gift #beauty influencer

[storywriter12]

So this is what books I have coming so far and are continuing

On the first of December I am continuing my Christmas book of characters and what they are like on Christmas I'll be continuing where I left off

New

I have a die hard book coming at Christmas, where my character is in a relationship with hans and she brings him home for Christmas and he meets her family

I have another book coming

Called the Christmas proposal (hilson)

What books are getting updates

Well I'm hoping to update

The crazy tinder guy

My 3rd book of I'll look after you will be coming in the new year

So that's it so far I will be publishing other chapters I have written in the meantime like random ones I have done a random chapter about house and. Wilson which I'm thinking about publishing here but enjoy theses books when they come 😊❤️

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