书名：Letters from Father Christmas 圣诞老爸的来信
适读年龄：6 – 11岁
作者：J. R. R. Tolkien托尔金
出版社名称：HarperCollins
出版时间：2009
语种：英文
ISBN：9780007280490
商品尺寸：12.9 x 1.3 x 19.8 cm
包装：平装
页数：160

★英国文豪、《霍比特人》作者托尔金经典亲子绘本故事
★黄磊女儿黄多多的睡前枕边书
★托尔金亲笔信件照片
★带给孩子所有属于圣诞的快乐、无邪与甜蜜，很好的亲子礼物

每年十二月，托尔金家的孩子们会收到一个盖着北极邮戳的信封。信封里装着圣诞老爸写给孩子们的信，以及画给他们的画。每一封信都是圣诞老爸用冻得抖抖抖的手亲手写下画下的。孩子们超爱圣诞老爸在信里讲的故事——他在北极老家的朋友、房子，以及许多或滑稽或奇妙的事儿：驯鹿把缰绳扯断了，搞得礼物四散到处都是；爱唱反调的北极熊爬上了北极柱，却从圣诞老人的房顶摔进了他的客厅；北极熊还把月亮摔成了四瓣儿，让住在里面的人掉到了后花园里；还有他们与住在圣诞老爸屋底洞穴里的半兽人部落之间的“战争”……北极熊偶尔会潦草地留个便条，精灵伊尔贝斯有时也会用他优雅飘逸的笔迹写上一些北极生活的细节。
写信的圣诞老爸其实就是托尔金老爸自己。第1封信写于1920年，当时大孩子约翰只有三岁。圣诞老爸的来信一写就是22年，托尔金的几位孩子都曾为之深深着迷，给圣诞老爸回信交流。特别期盼圣诞老爸来信的小儿子克里斯托弗·托尔金，至今仍在守护父亲创造的中洲传奇。
和孩子一起读Letters from Father Christmas《圣诞老爸的来信》这本书，一个由满满父爱、纯真之心描绘的圣诞老爸的无邪甜蜜北极童话在孩子们心中发芽、生长……

名人推荐
“能够用文字与自己的儿女交流，并将这些文字作为很好的礼物留给他们，真的是人世间作为幸福和值得的事。托尔金先生一生都在奇幻探险的文学世界中漫步，可我以为他特别值得珍藏的书就是《圣诞老爸的来信》。”    ——黄磊 

The first ever B-format edition of Tolkien’s complete Father Christmas letters, including a new introduction and rare archive materials. 
Every December an envelope bearing a stamp from the North Pole would arrive for J.R.R.Tolkien’s children. Inside would be a letter in strange spidery handwriting and a beautiful coloured drawing or some sketches. The letters were from Father Christmas. 
They told wonderful tales of life at the North Pole: how all the reindeer got loose and scattered presents all over the place; how the accident-prone Polar Bear climbed the North Pole and fell through the roof of Father Christmas’s house into the dining-room; how he broke the Moon into four pieces and made the Man in it fall into the back garden; how there were wars with the troublesome horde of goblins who lived in the caves beneath the house! Sometimes the Polar Bear would scrawl a note, and sometimes Ilbereth the Elf would write in his elegant flowing script, adding yet more life and humour to the stories. 
No reader, young or old, can fail to be charmed by the inventiveness and “authenticity” of Tolkien’s Letters from Father Christmas. To mark ten years since the publication of the complete edition of Tolkien’sLetters from Father Christmas in 1999, this new edition is the first time the letters have been available in B format.  
Review
“Tolkien at his relaxed and ingenious best.”  —The Times

Letters from Father Christmas《圣诞老爸的来信》是J.R.R.托尔金化身“圣诞老人”在每年的圣诞节为他的孩子们写来的书信体童话，文图并茂、生动有趣地述了“圣诞老人”北极生活的种种趣闻：他抱怨驯鹿把缰绳扯断了，搞得礼物四散到处都是；爱唱反调的北极熊爬上了北极点，却从圣诞老人的房顶上摔进了他的客厅…… 

J.R.R.托尔金（J.R.R. Tolkien），英国文豪，当代奇幻小说鼻祖。他不仅是牛津大学睿智的教授、四个孩子温情的老爸，更是全球顶礼膜拜的魔幻文学经典《魔戒》（奥斯卡大赢家《指环王三部曲》原著小说）《霍比特人》（2012~2015全球大电影《霍比特人》三部曲原著小说）的作者。他的粉丝包括：英国王室、丹麦王室、奥巴马、J.K.罗琳，乔治·马丁，蔡康永，姚晨……
J.R.R.Tolkien (1892-1973) was a distinguished academic, though he is best known for writingThe Hobbit,The Lord of the Rings andThe Silmarillion, plus other stories and essays. His books have been translated into almost 50 languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide.