9 years and below | Write not more than 150 words on ‘A Christmas party.’  A Ghost Tale for Christmas Time – Magic Tree House Series by Mary Pope Osborne The magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie back in time to the foggy streets of Victorian London, where they must help Charles Dickens. But the [...]

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9 years and below | Write not more than 150 words on ‘A Christmas party.’ 

A Ghost Tale for Christmas Time – Magic Tree House Series by Mary Pope Osborne

The magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie back in time to the foggy streets of Victorian London, where they must help Charles Dickens. But the famous author has everything he could possibly want. How are they supposed to help him?

It’s not until Mr. Dickens rescues them from being thrown in jail that they discover his secret past and the sad memories that haunt him. Jack and Annie will need all their magic—and help from three ghosts!—to save the great writer.

10 – 13 years | Write 150 – 200 words on ‘Christmas gifts for family and friends.’

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

One of the best-loved and most quoted stories of “the man who invented Christmas”— English writer
Charles Dickens — ‘A Christmas Carol’ debuted in 1843 and has touched millions of hearts since.

Cruel miser Ebeneezer Scrooge has never met a shilling he doesn’t like…and hardly a man he does. And he hates Christmas most of all. When Scrooge is visited by his old partner, Jacob Marley, and the ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Yet to Come, he learns eternal lessons of charity, kindness, and goodwill.

14 – 16 years | Write 200 – 250 words on ‘What you think is the best part of the Christmas season.’

War Horse by Michael Morpurgo

In 1914, Joey, a young farm horse, is sold to the army and thrust into the midst of the war on the Western Front. With his officer, he charges towards the enemy, witnessing the horror of the frontline. But even in the desolation of the trenches, Joey’s courage touches the soldiers around him.

“Not since Black Beauty has there been a book like this one. War Horse also tells the plight of the soldiers, both German and English and the horrors that they went through.

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