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The Christmas Mystery (Paperback)

by Jostein Gaarder (Author)
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
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  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Phoenix; New Ed edition (7 Oct 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0753808668
  • ISBN-13: 978-0753808665
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,832 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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When Joachim opens the first window on his advent calendar, his excitement mounts as the countdown to Christmas Day begins. But soon he notices that strange things are happening behind the little windows, and everyday something mysterious and new appears. Meanwhile Elisabeth and the angel Ephiriel are on their own very special journey, and it is only when the last window on Joachim's calendar is opened that the true magic and wonder of Christmas is revealed.

Josten Gaarder, author of the international bestseller Sophie's World, has taken the story of Christmas and given it an alluring, mystical, modern twist that transports readers back to the Bethlehem of baby Jesus without ever losing sight of the wonder of it all. With illustrations by Rosemary Wells, The Christmas Mystery is lifted into the realms of the classics by the richness and poetry of Gaarder's language, making it so much more than just another book for Christmas. --Susan Harrison --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.



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'an enchanting tale of children in two different times. It is quirky, magical, and full of the kind of repetitive jingles that children like to learn and repeat, as well as being studded with little pearls of wisdom.' -- Kathleen Marshall THE SCOTSMAN
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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful pre-Christmas read!, 28 Nov 2003
By AJ SEVERYN "andysev" (St Annes, Lancashire) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Christmas Mystery - abridged illustrated edition: abridged edition (Paperback)
A friend lent me this book a year ago. It captures the meaning, feel and child-centred innocence of Christmas like nothing else I have read. This year I have my own copy, and have ordered a second copy to read to the Year 5 class that I teach. The chapters are titled as days in December, so it makes a perfect advent read. My wife and I also intend to read it to our children as a preparation for Christmas. The only 'problem' with the book is that it's so tempting to read more than one day's worth at a time. A wonderful, magical book which actually gives you that Christmassy feel that so many of us lose when we get older!
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars For the child in everyone., 23 Aug 2001
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Read this book in December, when you're fed up with the commercialism of it all and re-capture the magic you felt as a child. It's magical, enchanting and it certainly appealed to the child in me. The clever layering of stories - Joachim in the present and Elisabeth as she makes her journey through time - keeps the brain engaged. But this book is about more than that - despite being built around the Christian Christmas story, it's really about light, hope and joy and a reminder that not everything is about jingling cash tills. A book to treasure.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars JOYFILLED, 1 Oct 2003
Gaarder as always takes the reader on a wonderful joyfilled journey of enlightenment, it really brings home the Christian message of Christ being present to His people in human flesh and all people can turn to Him and see him alive in all ages and times. Advent is a time of preperation for the coming of Christ, this book grabs the reader and holds the interest so much that you want to read the next day, just like a child wants to open the next chocolate of the advent calander. The preperation that Gaarder provides is a caring one and patient one. Its a true "Must Read", especially in preperation for CHRISTMAS...
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3.0 out of 5 stars An engaging tale that somehow loses its way
I suspect that many readers will have been attracted to this book, as I was, by Gaarder's phenomenally successful `Sophie's World'. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Jeremy Bevan

5.0 out of 5 stars Christmas magic
I have read this book EVERY Christmas since I first bought it - and that must make 5 or 6 readings at this stage. I never tire of the simple, yet magical story. Read more
Published 10 months ago by G. M. Banks

5.0 out of 5 stars A Wonderful, magical story
This book really cannot be recommended highly enough !
I bought it about 5 years ago when my daughter would have been 6 years old and intially, my wife and I would read a... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Paul Arnup

5.0 out of 5 stars A magical and enchanting Advent story
My grandmother gave me this book ten years ago as a Christmas present and I have cherished it ever since. Read more
Published on 22 Sep 2007 by Merel Ames

3.0 out of 5 stars interesting
To be honest this wasn't my kind of book. I have read a couple of the author's other works and this was similar, interesting but inoffensive and at times overly nice. Read more
Published on 10 Jun 2007 by headofwords

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for Advent
Every year I buy my children Christmas books that we read throughout Advent. Two years ago I bought this book and we had a chapter each day in the run up to Christmas Day. Read more
Published on 2 Dec 2005 by Cooking Up A

3.0 out of 5 stars The Christmas Mystery
I read this book not long after reading Jostein Gaarder's smash hit 'Sophie's World', and whilst I found it enchanting, I cannot honestly say it matches up to his other novels... Read more
Published on 6 Dec 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars A Magical, Thought Provoking, Build Up To Christmas
A truly wonderful preparation for Christmas. I read it every December to my children (aged 5&7) and can see myself doing so for another ten years! Read more
Published on 13 Nov 2003 by J. Feely

5.0 out of 5 stars The Christmas Mystery
After reading this book I wished my children were still young enough to want me to read them stories. Read more
Published on 20 Jul 2003 by K. Newitt

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
Having heard so many great things about Sophie's World, I thought I'd ease myself into Gaardner's work with A Christmas Mystery. Read more
Published on 13 Dec 2002 by Ed Kay

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