The Literary Lost & Found – Book Lover's Advent Calendar

A hand-illustrated advent calendar for book lovers: open 24 hidden doors, find a famous object left behind, and guess which classic book it came from.

Product description

Every Christmas Eve, the town library's Lost & Found fills up with the strangest things. A glass slipper. A pocket watch that's always late. A rusty key to a garden nobody can find…

Santa is minding the counter, magnifying glass in hand, and he needs your help to return each object to the right story. Hidden among the cubbyholes, hat boxes, suitcases and card-index drawers are 24 little doors. Behind each one waits an object that belongs to a famous book. Your challenge this December: guess which book it was lost from.

Some objects you'll recognise in a heartbeat. Others will have you scanning your own bookshelves for clues.

How it works

1. Find the door. The numbers are tucked into Santa's crowded Lost & Found and not in order, so the hunt is half the fun.
2. Open it. A hand-drawn "lost property" item is waiting inside.
3. Name the book. Shout it out, write it down, or keep score with the family.
4. Check your answers on Christmas Eve. All 24 answers, with book title, author, year and the object, are sealed in an illustrated envelope. No peeking!

Why readers love it

• A fresh kind of book quiz: you guess the book from a single iconic object, not from a character.
• Hand-illustrated artwork: a cosy ink-and-watercolour Lost & Found packed with details, including a sleepy cat on the counter, elves tagging parcels and snow at the window. It is lovely enough to keep up all season.
• 24 timeless classics: fairy tales, adventures, gothic tales and great novels, the stories every reader meets sooner or later.
• Answers sealed until Christmas Eve: the illustrated envelope keeps the suspense and settles every family debate.
• Screen-free fun: a small daily ritual for book clubs, families and anyone who'd rather count down to Christmas with a good story.

Perfect for

Bookworms, book clubs, English teachers, librarians, older children who love stories, and anyone who has ever said "I know that one!" a little too loudly.

What's included

• 1 illustrated advent calendar, A4 landscape (21 × 29.7 cm / 8.3 × 11.7 in), with 24 perforated doors
• 1 illustrated answer sheet listing all 24 books with author, year and object
• 1 illustrated "The Answers" envelope to keep the solutions secret until Christmas Eve

Good to know

• The calendar contains no food or treats. The surprise behind each door is an object to identify.
• The answers are in English.
• Recommended for ages 10+ (younger readers will enjoy it with a grown-up's help).

Help Santa return every lost treasure to its story. 📚🔑🎄