Listen to the Music at Christmas
By (Author) Mary Richards
Illustrated by Skylar White
Quarto Publishing PLC
Wide Eyed Editions
7th October 2025
United Kingdom
Children
Non Fiction
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Musical instruments
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Celebrations, holidays, festivals and spec
Novelty book
24
Width 304mm, Height 265mm
500g
Join Pip and Sammy as they travel the world, listening to the most famous pieces of Christmas music. Meet the composers who dreamed them up and set the tone for Christmas for hundreds of years.
From the exciting Sleigh Ride, to the reflective Sankta Lucia in Sweden, to the exhaultant Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, beautiful sound clips bring the orchestra, choirs and Wassailers into vivid life at the touch of a button in this beautiful book, perfect for the run up to Christmas. This is a perfect, first gentle story book to introduce little ones to the sounds and songs of Christmas.
Mary Richards is a writer, publisher and musician. Mary was Publisher at the Hayward Gallery in London's Southbank Centre and Editor at Tate Publishing, commissioning and editing books for all the Tate galleries. She lives in London with four children, two cats and a large collection of Lego.Skylar White is from Wisconsin, and now lives in New York City. Growing up she would practice drawing by copying illustrations from her favourite books, and knew she wanted to be a part of the exciting process of making books. She went on to get her BFA at Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design in Denver, CO, focusing on children's books for her major.