Last night the Late Late Toy Show 2016 aired. If you are Irish, this will make perfect sense to you. If you are not, you may need an explanation.
The Late Late Toy Show is … well, sort of inexplicable, and also totally wonderful. It’s two joyful hours of children going wild on stage talking about the presents they most want this Christmas, plus singing, dancing and TOYS EVERYWHERE.
A lot of books were mentioned in this year’s show (including Peter Pan, The Jungle Book and Harry Potter – I’m still not over that little boy getting a first edition of Philosopher’s Stone!), but there was also a specific book section, and one of the reviewers, Kate, chose Mistletoe and Murder as her top book to review!
She did an absolutely brilliant job, too – she even refused to give away any of the book’s secrets when Ryan asked her!
This is such an enormous honour that I am STILL not over it this morning, and probably will never be. It’s a huge part of Christmas in Ireland, and I am so proud to have been part of this year’s edition. I’m also really pleased that I could help make Kate’s Christmas a bit more exciting. I wrote her a letter as part of the segment, and we’re going for a bunbreak next time I’m in Dublin!
If you’d like to watch this year’s show, the link is here – I think you should watch it all, because it’s brilliant, but the books section starts at 1 hour 14 minutes.
And if you’re looking for more book recommendations this Christmas, check out the #BookElves16 tag on Twitter. It’s full of great mentions of lots of perfect stocking fillers!
