Cat Family Christmas - (The Cat Family) by Lucy Brownridge (Hardcover)

About the Book

Count down to Christmas with the Cat Family in this lift-the-flap advent book. Open up the kitchen cupboards, drawers and tins and help the kittens bake all sorts of festive treats. Look through the windows of houses in the village as they sing carols on a snowy night. And lift the lid of every gift box beneath the tree.

Book Synopsis

Count all the way to Christmas Eve with the Cat Family in this lift-the-flap advent calendar-style book with more than 140 doors to open.

Help the Cat Family decorate, bake, and prepare the house for the holiday season as you count down the twelve days til Christmas. Just like an advent calendar, Cat Family Christmasends with the excitement and anticipation of Christmas Eve.

Open up tiny but sturdy flap "doors" on each one of the 24 pages to reveal little details and surprises. Peer inside the cupboard doors and different-sized tins in the busy Cat Family kitchen to find the missing ingredients for the cake. Open all the front doors on the street when the Cat Family goes carol singing.

This is a whimsical Christmas book that gives the Victorian advent calendar tradition a contemporary twist for advent calendar door-hungry hands. Every page is rich with Liberty print-style pick-and-mix patterns and William Morris-inspired friezes.

The Cat Family is full of character and personality, and the picture painted of the holiday season in this charming picture book will fill you and your family with Christmas cheer!

Review Quotes

"Packed with charm and all the fuzzy feelings you can muster, this is a real family favourite."--The Independent

"Count down to Christmas with the Cat family as they decorate, bake and get ready for the big day. Warm and cosy, with plenty of flaps for readers to peep behind."--The Bookseller

About the Author

Lucy Brownridge is an award-winning children's book author and editor from London, UK. She studied History of Art at the University of Bristol and holds an MA from the Courtauld Institute of Art. Lucy writes thoughtful, engaging books that spark curiosity about the world and celebrate connection, cooperation, and care for others. Her titles include Little Tree and the Wood Wide Web, winner of the 2024 Giverny Award, What Are You Doing Today, Mother Nature?, The Fantastical Safari, and the Cat Family series, which has been translated into 16 languages.

Eunyoung Seo is an illustrator from South Korea. She worked as a graphic designer for 9 years in Korea before moving to Edinburgh to complete a degree in illustration. She is the illustrator of the Cat Family series, which has been translated into 19 languages around the world. Follow her on Instagram under the handle @eunyoungseoillustration