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Advent calendar
Aussie Christmas
Aussie Christmas picture book
Australian author
Australian illustrator
Author_Ashleigh Barton
Author_Erin Reeves
Author_Julia Kirby
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children's Christmas picture book
Christmas beetle
Christmas cards
Christmas carols
Christmas day
Christmas decorations
Christmas fun
Christmas gifts
Christmas ham
Christmas holidays
Christmas lights
Christmas lunch
Christmas picture book
Christmas pudding
Christmas shopping
Christmas shortbread
Christmas stocking
Christmas tree
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Product details
- ISBN 9780733654251
- Weight: 300g
- Dimensions: 253 x 256mm
- Publication Date: 29 Sep 2026
- Publisher: Hachette Australia
- Publication City/Country: AU
- Product Form: Hardback
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Something in the air has shifted,
Steps have lightened, spirits lifted.
We all have our own ways,
To bring the magic to these days.
Traditions old, traditions new,
Whatever means the most to you.
Traditions big, traditions small,
It's the joy they bring us all.
The tree is decorated, the presents are wrapped, the cricket set is ready and the barbecue is fired up - it's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas! Join in the magic and excitement of a classic Aussie Christmas with one family as they prepare for the big day.
Ashleigh Barton (Author)
Ashleigh is a children's author and copywriter. Before writing full time, she pursued her love of books (children's books especially) by working in some of Australia's biggest publishing houses, running marketing and publicity campaigns for Ashleigh is the author of eight successful and highly acclaimed picture books and two junior fiction series, and has been recognised on the CBCA Notables and/or Shortlist in 2021, 2022 and 2023. Her picture book Dinosaur in My Pocket was a 2025 CBCA Notable Book. In 2025 Ashleigh published her acclaimed middle grade fiction book How to Sail to Somewhere and her picture book Hedgehog or Echidna? will be published in August 2025. Ashleigh lives in Sydney with her husband, three children and their dog.
Erin Reeves (Illustrator)
Born and raised in Sydney, Erin Reeves studied fine art at the National Art School and completed a Master's degree at the University of New South Wales. After travelling to further her art education and exhibiting widely in Australia, in 2015 she opened a cocktail bar and restaurant, Jangling Jack's, in Sydney's Potts Point. Along with being a bar owner, she has developed a love for children's literature and picture books and spends her days avidly drawing and writing.
Ashleigh is a children's author and copywriter. Before writing full time, she pursued her love of books (children's books especially) by working in some of Australia's biggest publishing houses, running marketing and publicity campaigns for Ashleigh is the author of eight successful and highly acclaimed picture books and two junior fiction series, and has been recognised on the CBCA Notables and/or Shortlist in 2021, 2022 and 2023. Her picture book Dinosaur in My Pocket was a 2025 CBCA Notable Book. In 2025 Ashleigh published her acclaimed middle grade fiction book How to Sail to Somewhere and her picture book Hedgehog or Echidna? will be published in August 2025. Ashleigh lives in Sydney with her husband, three children and their dog.
Erin Reeves (Illustrator)
Born and raised in Sydney, Erin Reeves studied fine art at the National Art School and completed a Master's degree at the University of New South Wales. After travelling to further her art education and exhibiting widely in Australia, in 2015 she opened a cocktail bar and restaurant, Jangling Jack's, in Sydney's Potts Point. Along with being a bar owner, she has developed a love for children's literature and picture books and spends her days avidly drawing and writing.
