Thursday 6 December 2012

Advent - 6th December

Our friends on Orkney Library and Archive's Facebook page reminded us of another fabulous book to read at Christmas - John Masefield's The Box of Delights, which was adapted by the BBC in the 1980s into a genuinely chilling children's drama series. There is a clip of the opening sequence below - this still makes the hairs stand up on the back of our necks!



The Kirkwall library copy may be out on loan but never fear - come to Stromness and we can lend you not only The Box of Delights , but also the lesser known prequel The Midnight Folk - which tells of Kay Harker's first encounter with the evil Abner Brown.





There will be more books for Christmas to come, but we would love to hear your suggestions too - please tell us your favourite festive reads in the comments below.

2 comments:

  1. Oh, we watch this every year, making sure we watch the last episode on Christmas Eve. I was scared of it as a child but love it now. Finally read the book last year.

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  2. Hi Katherine, we have the series on DVD and will also be watching it in the run up to Christmas - for once this is an adaptation of a book that really works. If no one else borrows it we will be taking The Midnight Folk home over the holidays :-)

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