• The best books on Elves - The Elves and the Shoemaker by Jim LaMarche
  • The best books on Elves - The Nutcracker by Maurice Sendak
  • The best books on Elves - Twas the Night Before Christmas by Clement Moore
  • The best books on Elves - Father Christmas Letters by J R R Tolkien
  • The best books on Elves - Harvey Slumphenburger's Christmas Present by John Burningham

The best books on Elves, recommended by Igreth the Elf

Elves are often misunderstood or misrepresented over the Christmas period – Christmas cracker jokes have never been kind to these tiny heroes of the festive season. Here Igreth the Elf, great-great-great-grandson of Ilbereth the Elf, sets the record straight and introduces five children’s books that celebrate the extraordinary contribution these diminutive creatures make to Christmas itself.

  • The best books on Jesus - Jesus and the Word by Rudolf Bultmann
  • The best books on Jesus - The Quest of the Historical Jesus by Albert Schweitzer
  • The best books on Jesus - The Shadow of the Galilean by Gerd Theissen
  • The best books on Jesus - The Birth of the Messiah by Raymond Brown
  • The best books on Jesus - Born of a Virgin? by Andrew Lincoln

The best books on Jesus, recommended by Robert Morgan

Jesus was a 1st century Jew from Galilee who had a ministry of teaching and healing. He gathered disciples around him, but was eventually arrested and executed by the Roman governor of Judaea from 26 to 36CE, Pontius Pilate. But what else do we know about Jesus and what is his significance in an increasingly secular age? New Testament scholar Robert Morgan talks us through his favourite books on Jesus.