A storm flattens a little badger's Christmas tree, and one by one his woodland friends turn a ruined holiday into the best one he has ever had. That is the whole story, and it is exactly the right one: kindness, friendship and helping one another, told in a handful of gentle words a baby can sit through and a toddler will ask for again.

Tabitha Paige, the watercolor artist and licensed speech pathologist behind the Our Little Adventure series, painted every spread in the soft, cozy palette the series is loved for, and tucked bonus vocabulary words into the back so the book quietly grows with your child. The pages are thick board, made to be grabbed, chewed on and read straight through December.

At 6.5 by 7.5 inches it fits little hands and stockings equally well. Give it as a baby's first Christmas gift, an advent basket book, or the story that gets read every Christmas Eve until nobody needs the words anymore.