Feasts in Fiction - Advent Calendar Card

Feasts in Fiction – 24-Door Calendar for Book and Food Lovers

A hand-illustrated 24-door calendar of 24 famous meals from classic books: find the hidden doors and guess which feast belongs to which story.

Step into a book-lined dining hall. The chicken is roasting, the pie is steaming, there is a mad tea party at one end of the table and a gingerbread house on the sideboard.

Hidden around the scene are 24 little doors: a tiny door is hidden on a teapot, a pie, a larder drawer, a copper pan or the hamper. Behind each one is a famous meal or dish from a classic book or fairy tale, drawn as a small scene. Every day for 24 days, find the door, open it and guess.

How it works

1. Find the door. Search the picture for today’s number.
2. Open it. A hand-drawn picture is waiting inside.
3. Guess. Guess the dish and the book it comes from.
4. Check the answers on day 24. All 24 feasts and their books, listed on an illustrated answer sheet in its own envelope.

Why readers adore it

• Delicious and literary: Anne’s raspberry cordial, Heidi’s toasted cheese, Jo’s apples, Toad’s caravan breakfast.
• Easy to remember: the story sticks when you can taste it.
• Hand-illustrated artwork: a cosy feast table with a hidden door on every dish.
• A gift for readers who cook: a bookshelf and a kitchen in one.
• Screen-free and sugar-free: a daily ritual, no calories required.

Perfect for: Readers who love to cook, food bloggers, book-club hosts, families who read aloud, and everyone who has wished they could taste a meal from a book.

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

• The calendar contains no food or treats. The surprise behind each door is a dish to guess.
• The text is in English. Younger children may need a grown-up to help open the small paper doors.