Kids Christmas Themed Picture & Activity Bargain Book Box

Kids Christmas Themed Picture & Activity Bargain Book Box

Santa stuck in a gum tree. A bilby waiting for Christmas in the bush. A sugar glider helping out in the rainforest. 

There's a Where's Wally search-and-find with a magic torch, Rob Biddulph teaching kids to draw festive things step by step, an Elf on the Shelf book about how old Santa actually is, and a very trashy Christmas involving a bin.

Picture books for reading on the couch in the heat, activity books for the long stretch between school finishing and the day itself, and enough Australian Christmas stories to make the whole thing feel right.

1. The Aussie Christmas Mix Up — Jackie Hosking | ISBN: 9781761600333 | RRP: $24.99
   A funny Australian Christmas story about everything going gloriously wrong on the big day. Jackie Hosking has a real ear for rhyme and a gift for the kind of chaos small children find hilarious.
2. When Santa Got Stuck in a Gum Tree — Jackie Hosking | ISBN: 9781760657406 | RRP: $24.99
   The Australian answer to the chimney problem. A rollicking, rhyming picture book that puts Santa firmly in the local landscape — koalas, kookaburras, and all.
3. Waiting for Santa — Lucy Cochran | ISBN: 9781760526719 | RRP: $19.99
   A sweet picture book about the hardest part of Christmas for any child: the waiting. Warm, gentle, and perfectly pitched at the anticipation that builds through December.
4. Where's Wally? Santa Spotlight Search — Martin Handford | ISBN: 9781529500400 | RRP: $24.99
   A Christmas magic torch activity book from the iconic search-and-find series. Shine the torch behind the page to reveal hidden festive scenes — genuinely absorbing for kids and, quietly, for adults too.
5. The Christmas Show — Rebecca Patterson | ISBN: 9781447220190 | RRP: $14.99
   A very funny picture book about the school nativity and everything that can go wrong in it. Rebecca Patterson understands exactly how children experience these occasions — and how parents experience them too.
6. Little Bilby's Aussie Bush Christmas — Yvonne Mes | ISBN: 9780734420404 | RRP: $19.99
   An Australian native Christmas story starring a bilby preparing for the big day in the bush. Charming, distinctively local, and a lovely alternative to the snow-and-reindeer version.
7. Santa and the Sugar Glider: A Rainforest Christmas — Alexa Moses | ISBN: 9780734419521 | RRP: $19.99
   Santa runs into trouble over the Australian rainforest and gets help from an unexpected quarter. A warm, funny story full of native wildlife and genuine Christmas spirit.
8. Ten Christmas Crackers — Karen Erasmus | ISBN: 9780734415622 | RRP: $14.99
   A festive counting adventure perfect for the season — bright, cheerful, and full of Christmas fun that young children can join in with at every page turn.
9. A City Full of Santas — Joanna Ho | ISBN: 9780063287532 | RRP: $24.99
   From the author of Eyes That Speak to the Stars comes a joyful picture book about a city where Santas turn up everywhere. Inclusive, funny, and beautifully illustrated.
10. Down in the Dumps #3: A Very Trashy Christmas — Wes Hargis | ISBN: 9780062910202 | RRP: $12.99
    A cheerfully silly Christmas instalment in the Down in the Dumps series, set among the discarded things nobody wanted. Funny, a bit gross, and with more heart than the title suggests.
11. The Elf on the Shelf: How Old Is Santa Claus? — The Elf on the Shelf | ISBN: 9780008756864 | RRP: $24.99
    A festive addition to the enormously popular Elf on the Shelf world, tackling one of the great unanswerable questions of childhood. Perfect for families who already have the tradition running.
12. Draw with Rob at Christmas — Rob Biddulph | ISBN: 9780008419127 | RRP: $17.99
    The bestselling illustrator takes children step by step through drawing Christmas characters and scenes. Rob Biddulph's draw-alongs became a genuine phenomenon — clear, encouraging, and enormously satisfying to follow.