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Published: 21st October 2025
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Brown Bear Wood: Christmas is Coming to Town!: A Fold-Out Christmas Village and Advent Calendar!
By (Author) Rachel Piercey
Illustrated by Freya Hartas
Magic Cat Publishing
Magic Cat Publishing
21st October 2025
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Hardback
16
Width 178mm, Height 203mm, Spine 21mm
155g
Welcome friend to Christmas Street.
Your timing's oh so good.
Our Christmas countdown has begun -
so let's explore the wood...
Count down to Christmas with Bear and his woodland friends in this spectacular advent calendar book - with surprises hidden under 24 doors, festive activities to enjoy as a family and a magical fold-out village to display.
Every day of December brings a delightful door to open, with fun, read-aloud rhyming text and gorgeous illustrations hidden behind 24 flaps. With fun, family-friendly activities on the reverse, including:
- Tell a Christmas Story with Papa Bear
- Write a Letter to Santa with Professor Owl
- Bake Carrot Oat Bars for Rudolph with Mama Fox
- Build a Snowdeer with the Deer Family
- Decorate a Gingerbread Burrow with Bunny
- Pick the Perfect Tree with Bear
- Make Gift Wrap with the Squirrel Family
With a gorgeous gold foil case and red ribbon tie that makes this a perfect gift for Christmas.
Freya Hartas is a UK based artist specialising in children's books and is the illustrator of the internationally bestselling Slow Down and Brown Bear Wood series. She graduated from Falmouth University with a first-class honours in BA Illustration in 2014. Freya loves to conjure up humorous characters, animals and monsters, creating the most fantastical worlds for them to inhabit and get lost in.