Books by Christopher Berry

Do you know what Christmas truly is? You're about to find out. It's Christmas Eve and George and Georgina are curious about the true meaning of Christmas. What is it? Why do we celebrate it? And why do we give and receive presents? So Granny tells them her final story. A long time ago, Mary, Maz and Chris - three sisters from West Pudding - climbed the Sky Tree and encountered the Lady of the Skies, a magical creature harbouring a sad secret. Her secret led the sisters to discover a forgotten village of the other side of the woods. A village that was poor, starving and suffering. A village called East Pudding... "The East Pudding Chronicles: The First Christmas" is the fifth and final book in "The East Pudding Chronicles" series. Join George and Georgina one last time and discover the biggest Christmas secret yet.

Have you ever wondered where Christmas crackers really come from? You're about to find out.... It's Christmas Day and George and Georgina are curious about Christmas crackers. What are they? Why do we pull them at Christmas dinner? Why do they always have a toy, a paper crown and a bad joke inside them? And why do they make a loud popping sound? So Granny tells a story. A story about Timothy and Tiberius Twinkle and their son, Charlie-Basil. A long time ago, the evil witch Murmur hatched a fiendish plan to rid East Pudding of the Twinkles. A plan that would lead to the creation of the first ever Christmas cracker.... The East Pudding Chronicles: Tale of the Twinkles is the third in a series of five books about where Christmas traditions came from. Join George and Georgina and step into a whole new world of wizards, fairies, elves and monsters - and discover the secrets of Christmas.

Do you know where Christmas trees come from? You're about to find out... It's Christmas Eve and George and Georgina are curious about Christmas trees. Why do we put them up at Christmas? Why do we cover them in fairy lights? Why do we put fairies on the top? And why do we put presents under them? So Granny sits them down and tells them a story. A long time ago, Mumble the wizard decided to visit Troglup, Dragon Queen of the island of Crumple Dimples. There he recruited a team of Witch Watchers to spy on his greatest enemy, Murmur. What he didn't count on was Murmur having spies of her own... "The East Pudding Chronicles: Plight of the Witch Watchers" is the fourth in a series of books about where Christmas traditions came from. Join George and Georgina and discover the secrets of Christmas. Do you have the first three books in the series? You can buy "The Christmas Monster", "The Merry Mrs Mistle" and "Tale of the Twinkles" from Lulu and Amazon.

A collection of essays dealing with the history of the Scottish Enlightenment, its connection with the European Enlightenment in general, such major figures as Francis Hutcheson, Thomas Reid, and David Hume, and the making of theScottish identity.