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We are Prudence and the Crow, a UK-based vintage paperback subscription box and online bookshop.
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Founded in 2013, available as a monthly subscription or 1, 3, 6 or 12-month bundle, for yourself, or as a gift:
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We choose a book just for you, in the genre of your choice 💙📚
Founded in 2013, available as a monthly subscription or 1, 3, 6 or 12-month bundle, for yourself, or as a gift:
prudenceandthecrow.com
Day thirteen of the Prudence and the Crow advent is The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper, a book Prudence and I recently re-read. Full of dark and ancient things, this makes for a marvellous Yuletide read... #patcadvent
December 13, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Day thirteen of the Prudence and the Crow advent is The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper, a book Prudence and I recently re-read. Full of dark and ancient things, this makes for a marvellous Yuletide read... #patcadvent
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Day 12 of #patcadvent is Petunia's Christmas written and illustrated by Roger Duvoisin. Originally published in 1952, Petunia is a slightly unhinged goose whose object of affection, Charles the gander, is destined for the farmer's Christmas table. Don't worry though - this story has a happy ending.
December 12, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Day 12 of #patcadvent is Petunia's Christmas written and illustrated by Roger Duvoisin. Originally published in 1952, Petunia is a slightly unhinged goose whose object of affection, Charles the gander, is destined for the farmer's Christmas table. Don't worry though - this story has a happy ending.
'tis the season!
December 13, 2025 at 6:55 AM
'tis the season!
Day 12 of #patcadvent is Petunia's Christmas written and illustrated by Roger Duvoisin. Originally published in 1952, Petunia is a slightly unhinged goose whose object of affection, Charles the gander, is destined for the farmer's Christmas table. Don't worry though - this story has a happy ending.
December 12, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Day 12 of #patcadvent is Petunia's Christmas written and illustrated by Roger Duvoisin. Originally published in 1952, Petunia is a slightly unhinged goose whose object of affection, Charles the gander, is destined for the farmer's Christmas table. Don't worry though - this story has a happy ending.
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Oh how I love those gloriously unhinged vintage Christie covers.
December 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Oh how I love those gloriously unhinged vintage Christie covers.
Watching a celebrity house tour, "A lot of the books in this house I've like, *personally* gone out to buy..." imagine a life where the books just arrive, chosen for you, I thought, laughing, and then I thought oh wait, we literally run a subscription box doing...exactly that...
December 11, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Watching a celebrity house tour, "A lot of the books in this house I've like, *personally* gone out to buy..." imagine a life where the books just arrive, chosen for you, I thought, laughing, and then I thought oh wait, we literally run a subscription box doing...exactly that...
Day eleven of the Prudence and the Crow advent is The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats.
Published in 1962, this book has a wonderful original style to it, boldly mixing watercolours with collage.
Words and illustration by Ezra Jack Keats. #patcadvent
Published in 1962, this book has a wonderful original style to it, boldly mixing watercolours with collage.
Words and illustration by Ezra Jack Keats. #patcadvent
December 11, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Day eleven of the Prudence and the Crow advent is The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats.
Published in 1962, this book has a wonderful original style to it, boldly mixing watercolours with collage.
Words and illustration by Ezra Jack Keats. #patcadvent
Published in 1962, this book has a wonderful original style to it, boldly mixing watercolours with collage.
Words and illustration by Ezra Jack Keats. #patcadvent
Day 10 of the Prudence and the Crow advent is The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken, illustrated here by Rohan Eason. Crow was genuinely scared of this one when she was small! I'm still quite bothered by these hungry wolf faces...
December 10, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Day 10 of the Prudence and the Crow advent is The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken, illustrated here by Rohan Eason. Crow was genuinely scared of this one when she was small! I'm still quite bothered by these hungry wolf faces...
It is early in the #pqtcadvent for me already to have got confused about days but here we are, and it's a shame because Day 8 was a good one! Onwards though...
December 10, 2025 at 6:54 AM
It is early in the #pqtcadvent for me already to have got confused about days but here we are, and it's a shame because Day 8 was a good one! Onwards though...
Here, in a cosy evening edition for Day 9 of #patcadvent, the tiny child characters of Wind in the Willows have come to carol sing at Mole's house. It is a delightful scene, and Crow has been telling me at length how absolutely adorable it is in the TV series.
December 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Here, in a cosy evening edition for Day 9 of #patcadvent, the tiny child characters of Wind in the Willows have come to carol sing at Mole's house. It is a delightful scene, and Crow has been telling me at length how absolutely adorable it is in the TV series.
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Day 7 of #patcadvent is Noggin the Nog by Oliver Postgate & Peter Firmin. The animated tv series began in 1959, with books: 1965-77.
'Listen to me and I will tell you the story of Noggin the Nog, as it was told in the days of old by the men of the Northlands, as they sat by their great log fires…'
'Listen to me and I will tell you the story of Noggin the Nog, as it was told in the days of old by the men of the Northlands, as they sat by their great log fires…'
December 7, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Day 7 of #patcadvent is Noggin the Nog by Oliver Postgate & Peter Firmin. The animated tv series began in 1959, with books: 1965-77.
'Listen to me and I will tell you the story of Noggin the Nog, as it was told in the days of old by the men of the Northlands, as they sat by their great log fires…'
'Listen to me and I will tell you the story of Noggin the Nog, as it was told in the days of old by the men of the Northlands, as they sat by their great log fires…'
Day 7 of #patcadvent is Noggin the Nog by Oliver Postgate & Peter Firmin. The animated tv series began in 1959, with books: 1965-77.
'Listen to me and I will tell you the story of Noggin the Nog, as it was told in the days of old by the men of the Northlands, as they sat by their great log fires…'
'Listen to me and I will tell you the story of Noggin the Nog, as it was told in the days of old by the men of the Northlands, as they sat by their great log fires…'
December 7, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Day 7 of #patcadvent is Noggin the Nog by Oliver Postgate & Peter Firmin. The animated tv series began in 1959, with books: 1965-77.
'Listen to me and I will tell you the story of Noggin the Nog, as it was told in the days of old by the men of the Northlands, as they sat by their great log fires…'
'Listen to me and I will tell you the story of Noggin the Nog, as it was told in the days of old by the men of the Northlands, as they sat by their great log fires…'
Day 6, #patcadvent winter-y, seasonal-ish read is Soonchild, by Russell Hoban,
illustrated by Alexis Deacon. It's a very peculiar, different piece of storytelling, audience unclear, which leaves you with a fair bit to reflect on. The illustrations make this quite the experience 💙📚
illustrated by Alexis Deacon. It's a very peculiar, different piece of storytelling, audience unclear, which leaves you with a fair bit to reflect on. The illustrations make this quite the experience 💙📚
December 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Day 6, #patcadvent winter-y, seasonal-ish read is Soonchild, by Russell Hoban,
illustrated by Alexis Deacon. It's a very peculiar, different piece of storytelling, audience unclear, which leaves you with a fair bit to reflect on. The illustrations make this quite the experience 💙📚
illustrated by Alexis Deacon. It's a very peculiar, different piece of storytelling, audience unclear, which leaves you with a fair bit to reflect on. The illustrations make this quite the experience 💙📚
Day 5 of #patcadvent is Shirley Hughes' Snow in the Garden: A First Book of Christmas. I have to admit to not having heard of this lovely anthology of winter stories, poems, recipies and crafts until this year. Published in 2018, every page is decorated with Shirley Hughes' beautiful illustrations.
December 5, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Day 5 of #patcadvent is Shirley Hughes' Snow in the Garden: A First Book of Christmas. I have to admit to not having heard of this lovely anthology of winter stories, poems, recipies and crafts until this year. Published in 2018, every page is decorated with Shirley Hughes' beautiful illustrations.
Day 4 of #patcadvent is Lotta's Christmas Surprise by Astrid Lindgren.
Lotta saves Christmas with the aid of her tenaciousness and ever-present toy pig, Bamsen 🐖🎄
Tragically out of print in its English translation so if you see a copy be sure to snap it up!
Illustration by Ilon Wilkland. 💙📚
Lotta saves Christmas with the aid of her tenaciousness and ever-present toy pig, Bamsen 🐖🎄
Tragically out of print in its English translation so if you see a copy be sure to snap it up!
Illustration by Ilon Wilkland. 💙📚
December 4, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Day 4 of #patcadvent is Lotta's Christmas Surprise by Astrid Lindgren.
Lotta saves Christmas with the aid of her tenaciousness and ever-present toy pig, Bamsen 🐖🎄
Tragically out of print in its English translation so if you see a copy be sure to snap it up!
Illustration by Ilon Wilkland. 💙📚
Lotta saves Christmas with the aid of her tenaciousness and ever-present toy pig, Bamsen 🐖🎄
Tragically out of print in its English translation so if you see a copy be sure to snap it up!
Illustration by Ilon Wilkland. 💙📚
Day 3 of #patcadvent is Waiting for Christmas by Monica Greenfield. Published in 1996, Waiting for Christmas follows the gentle adventures of two children as they decorate the tree, visit relatives and generally look forward to Christmas Day.
Illustration by Jan Spivey Gilchrist.
Illustration by Jan Spivey Gilchrist.
December 3, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Day 3 of #patcadvent is Waiting for Christmas by Monica Greenfield. Published in 1996, Waiting for Christmas follows the gentle adventures of two children as they decorate the tree, visit relatives and generally look forward to Christmas Day.
Illustration by Jan Spivey Gilchrist.
Illustration by Jan Spivey Gilchrist.
Merry #patcadvent Day 2! Moving westwards for this beautiful illustration, often used as a cover, by Edward Ardizzone, for Dylan Thomas' A Child's Christmas in Wales. If you've not heard Thomas reading it himself, very much recommend tinyurl.com/achildschris... where you can hear this in full.
December 2, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Merry #patcadvent Day 2! Moving westwards for this beautiful illustration, often used as a cover, by Edward Ardizzone, for Dylan Thomas' A Child's Christmas in Wales. If you've not heard Thomas reading it himself, very much recommend tinyurl.com/achildschris... where you can hear this in full.
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Welcome once again to Prudence and the Crow Advent! Follow along (or mute!) with the hashtag #patcadvent
We begin with John Masefield's The Box of Delights - an intensely wintery tale. Perhaps you remember the (frankly a bit scary) '80s BBC adaptation?
Illustration: Sara Ogilvie 💙📚
We begin with John Masefield's The Box of Delights - an intensely wintery tale. Perhaps you remember the (frankly a bit scary) '80s BBC adaptation?
Illustration: Sara Ogilvie 💙📚
December 1, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Welcome once again to Prudence and the Crow Advent! Follow along (or mute!) with the hashtag #patcadvent
We begin with John Masefield's The Box of Delights - an intensely wintery tale. Perhaps you remember the (frankly a bit scary) '80s BBC adaptation?
Illustration: Sara Ogilvie 💙📚
We begin with John Masefield's The Box of Delights - an intensely wintery tale. Perhaps you remember the (frankly a bit scary) '80s BBC adaptation?
Illustration: Sara Ogilvie 💙📚
Today (1st December) is the last day to buy a Yuletide bundle!
The PatC Yuletide Bundle 2025 is here!
Just £6 inc UK P&P: a vintage paperback in the genre of your choice, wrapped seasonally with a library card and a sweet or a tea - a perfect stocking filler, Secret Santa, or little winter treat for yourself 💙📚
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Just £6 inc UK P&P: a vintage paperback in the genre of your choice, wrapped seasonally with a library card and a sweet or a tea - a perfect stocking filler, Secret Santa, or little winter treat for yourself 💙📚
shop.prudenceandthecrow.com/products/the...
The Yuletide Bundle! Available until 1st December
December gifting sorted! A vintage book, beautifully wrapped with a handwritten seasonal greetings card containing your gift message, a library card AND candy*. What more could you ask for? All this f...
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December 1, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Today (1st December) is the last day to buy a Yuletide bundle!
Welcome once again to Prudence and the Crow Advent! Follow along (or mute!) with the hashtag #patcadvent
We begin with John Masefield's The Box of Delights - an intensely wintery tale. Perhaps you remember the (frankly a bit scary) '80s BBC adaptation?
Illustration: Sara Ogilvie 💙📚
We begin with John Masefield's The Box of Delights - an intensely wintery tale. Perhaps you remember the (frankly a bit scary) '80s BBC adaptation?
Illustration: Sara Ogilvie 💙📚
December 1, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Welcome once again to Prudence and the Crow Advent! Follow along (or mute!) with the hashtag #patcadvent
We begin with John Masefield's The Box of Delights - an intensely wintery tale. Perhaps you remember the (frankly a bit scary) '80s BBC adaptation?
Illustration: Sara Ogilvie 💙📚
We begin with John Masefield's The Box of Delights - an intensely wintery tale. Perhaps you remember the (frankly a bit scary) '80s BBC adaptation?
Illustration: Sara Ogilvie 💙📚
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It's that time of year again! Tomorrow is the 1st of December which means it's time for our most beloved annual tradition - the Prudence and the Crow Advent!
This year sees the return of the Prudence and the Crow advent greatest hits. Each day we'll pull a post from one of our past eleven year's.
This year sees the return of the Prudence and the Crow advent greatest hits. Each day we'll pull a post from one of our past eleven year's.
November 30, 2025 at 7:00 AM
It's that time of year again! Tomorrow is the 1st of December which means it's time for our most beloved annual tradition - the Prudence and the Crow Advent!
This year sees the return of the Prudence and the Crow advent greatest hits. Each day we'll pull a post from one of our past eleven year's.
This year sees the return of the Prudence and the Crow advent greatest hits. Each day we'll pull a post from one of our past eleven year's.
It's that time of year again! Tomorrow is the 1st of December which means it's time for our most beloved annual tradition - the Prudence and the Crow Advent!
This year sees the return of the Prudence and the Crow advent greatest hits. Each day we'll pull a post from one of our past eleven year's.
This year sees the return of the Prudence and the Crow advent greatest hits. Each day we'll pull a post from one of our past eleven year's.
November 30, 2025 at 7:00 AM
It's that time of year again! Tomorrow is the 1st of December which means it's time for our most beloved annual tradition - the Prudence and the Crow Advent!
This year sees the return of the Prudence and the Crow advent greatest hits. Each day we'll pull a post from one of our past eleven year's.
This year sees the return of the Prudence and the Crow advent greatest hits. Each day we'll pull a post from one of our past eleven year's.
We will be doing the #patcadvent posts this year and it's another Best Of, revisiting a decade of our posts of bookish illustration and artwork! You may, of course, mute the tag, which pre-coffee me promises to try to remember to use (why I commit myself to these early morning tasks, who can say...)
November 29, 2025 at 7:38 AM
We will be doing the #patcadvent posts this year and it's another Best Of, revisiting a decade of our posts of bookish illustration and artwork! You may, of course, mute the tag, which pre-coffee me promises to try to remember to use (why I commit myself to these early morning tasks, who can say...)
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November 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
today instead of buying barely discounted crap, get a paid subscription to an independent media outlet! a little $ goes a long way towards supporting a free press. 🗞️
drop links to your own or your faves in the replies so ppl can easily sign up (bonus if you add a couple words about why it’s good!):
drop links to your own or your faves in the replies so ppl can easily sign up (bonus if you add a couple words about why it’s good!):