Banned & Brilliant - Advent Calendar Card

Name: Banned & Brilliant - Advent Calendar Card
Brand: Bookswares
SKU: ADD101-BWADDVA1VA1D2855
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Banned & Brilliant – 24-Door Calendar for Book Lovers

A hand-illustrated 24-door calendar of 24 once-banned classics: find the hidden doors and guess the rebellious book behind each one.

Step into a secret, candle-lit library. Some books are chained, some are wrapped in brown paper and red ribbon, and a rebel librarian is smuggling one out in his satchel.

Hidden around the scene are 24 little doors: a tiny door is hidden on a chained book, a wax seal, a locked cabinet or a barrel. Behind each one is a once-banned or challenged classic, drawn as a small scene from the book. Every day for 24 days, find the door, open it and guess.

How it works

Find the door. Search the picture for today’s number.
Open it. A hand-drawn picture is waiting inside.
Guess. Guess the book, then find out why it was banned on the answer sheet.
Check the answers on day 24. All 24 books, authors and the reason each was banned or challenged, on an illustrated answer sheet in its own envelope.

Why readers adore it

The books that dared: Huckleberry Finn, Ulysses, Alice in Wonderland, Frankenstein, Les Misérables…
Surprising reasons: talking animals, naughty novels, dangerous ideas.
Hand-illustrated artwork: a secret library full of chains, ribbons and hidden doors.
A conversation starter: perfect for readers who love Banned Books Week all year round.
Screen-free and sugar-free: a daily ritual for rebels.

Perfect for: Readers, librarians, teachers, booksellers, anyone who has ever been told ‘you shouldn’t read that’, and friends who love trivia with a twist.

What’s included

1 illustrated 24-door calendar, A4 landscape (21 × 29.7 cm / 8.3 × 11.7 in), with 24 perforated doors
1 illustrated answer sheet
1 illustrated “The Answers” envelope to keep the solutions secret until door 24

Good to know

All books are classics now in the public domain. The calendar contains no food or treats.
The text is in English. Younger children may need a grown-up to help open the small paper doors.

Delivery

We take pride in creating items that are made to order. When you place an order with us, we ensure that your item is printed or made specifically for you. We believe in delivering the best quality, and by crafting each item one at a time, we can maintain a high level of attention to detail and ensure that it meets our stringent standards.

Production Time: All orders are processed within 5 - 7 business days before shipment.

Shipping Time: Once your item/s is dispatched, the estimated delivery time is:

USA: 7-15 business days
Rest of world: 14-20 business days

Warranty

At Bookswares, we stand behind the quality of our products and are committed to providing our customers with a hassle-free shopping experience. Our 1-to-1 exchange warranty ensures your peace of mind, covering manufacturing defects, discrepancies in product quality as per our commitment, faulty stitching, fabric damage over time, and discrepancies in print quality.

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Do not read— tap to untie — CONTRABAND24 FORBIDDEN BOOKS INSIDE

Some books arrived like this — wrapped, smuggled, read in secret.

A 24-door calendar of forbidden books

24 books someone once tried to stop you reading.

A secret, candle-lit library hides 24 tiny doors — on a chained book, a wax seal, a locked cabinet, a barrel. Behind each is a scene from a once-banned or challenged classic. Guess the book, then the answer sheet tells you why it was banned. Open them in any order, at your own pace.

24hidden doors 24banned classics Why?every reason on the answer sheet A4sealed answers envelope

Seen in the wild

Read in public. Proudly.

Librarians, booksellers, teachers and trivia rivals — the people who love this one are the people who’ve been told “you shouldn’t read that”.

Staff room, after hours — Banned & Brilliant calendar card — **Staff room, after hours**Two librarians. Strong opinions. Even stronger tea.

Unwrapped like contraband — Banned & Brilliant calendar card — **Unwrapped like contraband**Brown paper, red ribbon — it arrives looking suspicious.

Shelf-proud — Banned & Brilliant calendar card — **Shelf-proud**“People ask what it’s about. I say: trouble. Twenty-four kinds.”

Trivia night, escalated — Banned & Brilliant calendar card — **Trivia night, escalated**Nobody guessed the reason. Everybody had a theory.

The censor’s desk · 4 bonus files

Why was it banned?

Four famous books that are not in the calendar — so nothing is spoiled. Pick the stamp with the real reason. The truth is usually stranger than you think.

FILE 1 OF 4CLASSIFIED

Reason for banning: Choose a stamp below.

Pass it on, quietly

Forbidden books were always shared

Banned books travelled hand to hand. Do the same: a copy for your book club, the teacher who lent you that book, the friend who always reads what she’s told not to — then compare guesses. Every extra copy costs a little less.