1Dec 1
The first lantern
Pip lights the first lantern on the lane. Print his page and hang it in a window.
A candy waits inside
December 1 – 24
24 Days of Timblemoon
One little door opens each morning on the hill — a page to print, something to bake, a chant to say, a verse to sing. And behind every door, a Christmas candy from the story to collect. Gather them all for prizes.
2Dec 2
Soot lights the oven
Soot's cookies go in first. Bake a batch with a grown-up tonight.
A candy waits inside
3Dec 3
Say the chant
Learn the four lines by heart so you can say them at the end of every book.
A candy waits inside
4Dec 4
Make your lantern
Cut, fold and light the paper lantern. One per window.
A candy waits inside
5Dec 5
Puff's snow trick
Puff learns that ghosts can't catch snowflakes — but they can catch friends.
A candy waits inside
6Dec 6
Walk Lantern Lane
Find the lane on the map and see who lives at each door.
A candy waits inside
7Dec 7
Plum's lattice pie
Plum's pie needs a lattice top and two pairs of hands.
A candy waits inside
8Dec 8
Meet the cast
Sixteen neighbours live on the hill. Find your favourite.
A candy waits inside
9Dec 9
Hazel's lantern
Hazel keeps the biggest lantern and the smallest secret.
A candy waits inside
10Dec 10
Wattle's winter coat
The turkey from November stays for Christmas dinner — as a guest.
A candy waits inside
11Dec 11
Learn the carol
Four verses and a chorus. Print the song sheet for the table.
A candy waits inside
12Dec 12
Grandpa Rusk's story
The scarecrow tells the one about the year the moon went missing.
A candy waits inside
13Dec 13
Long Hall supper
Pull the tables end to end and bake the Long Hall bread.
A candy waits inside
14Dec 14
A recipe for friendship
One part listening, two parts showing up. Soot's wise recipes.
A candy waits inside
15Dec 15
Ember and Wick
The two smallest lights on the hill, named for what they carry.
A candy waits inside
16Dec 16
Salix's cove
Follow the lane all the way down to where it meets the ocean.
A candy waits inside
17Dec 17
Clover's reindeer
Plain noses, warm hearts. December's free coloring page.
A candy waits inside
18Dec 18
Bram's red sled
Bram is given one gift, and Book Three is about what he does with it.
A candy waits inside
19Dec 19
Mrs Claus lights the lane
She walks the whole lane before dawn so nobody wakes in the dark.
A candy waits inside
20Dec 20
Counting to ten
Ten lanterns, ten neighbours, ten reasons to stay up late.
A candy waits inside
21Dec 21
The longest night
Sing the carol all the way through, chorus and all.
A candy waits inside
22Dec 22
One more chair
Set an extra place at the table. Somebody always comes.
A candy waits inside
23Dec 23
The Big Oak
Hang the last lantern in the oldest branches.
A candy waits inside
24Dec 24
Room for all
Say the chant together, then read What Bram Gave Away by lantern light.
A candy waits inside
The Candy Tin
Collect them all
Every open door hides one Christmas candy from the story. Tap to drop it in your tin — fill all 24 and earn the Grand Timblemoon Treat-Master prize.
0 of 24 candies collected
6 candies
Timblemoon Sweet-Tray Badge
Six candies collected — you're officially a friend of the hill.
12 candies
Lantern Lane Sweetheart Badge
Halfway there. Soot has started setting an extra chair for you.
18 candies
Keeper of the Glow Badge
Eighteen candies — Hazel says you may carry the big lantern next year.
24 candies
Grand Timblemoon Treat-Master
All 24 candies! The whole village raises a lantern to you. Ask a grown-up to email a screenshot to hello@timblemoonbooks.com for a special reply from the hill.
6 more candies to the Timblemoon Sweet-Tray Badge
Read it while the doors open
Every door leads back to the same hill. Book Three is the Christmas one.