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Chasing Christmas Around the World: Colouring Book

A Read to Books original

New for Christmas. Follow a little star around the world: 18 Christmas scenes to colour and 37 Spanish words. Ages 8+.

Ages 8+

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Out now on Amazon, just in time for Christmas.

Christmas doesn’t arrive everywhere at once. It starts in New Zealand and travels west around the globe, one country at a time. Chase it with a smiling little star (estrella) and discover how families everywhere celebrate, from beach barbecues and paper lanterns to candlelit forests, carol singers and a Christmas book flood!

  • 18 detailed colouring scenes, one for every country on the journey
  • True traditions and fun facts on every facing page
  • “Merry Christmas” in 18 languages, from Meri Kirihimete to ¡Feliz Navidad!
  • 37 Spanish words woven into the text, with easy pronunciation

No Spanish needed to start. Just read, colour and pick up new words along the way. For ages 8+.

A page from inside

A two-page spread from Chasing Christmas Around the World, the colouring book: facts about Christmas in Mexico next to a posada scene to colour
Stop 18: Mexico. Fun facts on one page, a scene to colour on the other.

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A sample page

The first stop of the estrella is New Zealand, one of the first countries in the world to reach Christmas Day. Here, Christmas comes in the middle of summer! Many families wake up early to open the presents (regalos reh-GAH-lohs) under the Christmas tree, then head to the beach (playa PLAH-yah).

Vocabulary

Words you’ll learn

  • estrellastar · ehs-TREH-yah
  • regalospresents · reh-GAH-lohs
  • playabeach · PLAH-yah
  • faroleslanterns · fah-ROH-lehs
  • iglesiachurch · ee-GLEH-syah
  • luceslights · LOO-thehs
  • árboltree · AHR-bohl
  • adornosdecorations · ah-DOHR-nohs
  • villancicoscarols · bee-yahn-THEE-kohs
  • campanasbells · kahm-PAH-nahs
  • velascandles · BEH-lahs
  • bosqueforest · BOHS-keh
  • familiasfamilies · fah-MEE-lyahs
  • coronaswreaths · koh-ROH-nahs
  • belénnativity scene · beh-LEHN
  • cenadinner · THEH-nah
  • gallorooster · GAH-yoh
  • librosbooks · LEE-brohs
  • nochenight · NOH-cheh
  • fiestaparty · FYEHS-tah
  • + 17 moreall in the word list at the back

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