Kay Harker: The Box of Delights (Hardcover)

from MaowangVater

On the train back home for Christmas holidays, Kay Harker encounters some curious characters. There are the two young men, one chubby faced and one foxy faced and both apparently up to no good, and then there is the strange old man at the station with his dog and a large backpack. He tells Kay, a...

from chilirlw

I've been missing the snow since I moved down South, where we are "enjoying" record highs (77 degrees today!), so I'm reading The Box of Delights, the wintriest book I know, and a particularly good choice for Christmas reading. Definitely get the unabridged version.

from Coffeehag

This Christmas adventure begins on a railway journey as Kay Harker rides home from school, and meets two apparent clergymen, who pick his pockets. The descriptions of the town, and the snow are tantalizing images of the season as the Tachester Cathedral gets ready for its 1,000th anniversary. It ...

from Inky_Fingers

One of the great unknown classics of children's literature. I have a great deal of respect for Susan Cooper, but even she has acknowledged that her book The Dark is Rising owes a great deal to The Box of Delights.

from harveybiggins

Ripping yarn of the adventures of Kay Harker, and the mysterious punch and judy man Cole Hawkins. This is good - albeit it meanders a little in parts (Tv series wisely curtails some aspects of this)- and on balance not as good as the Midnight People.