Fiddle Time Christmas

Kathy Blackwell is an experienced peripatetic string teacher, currently working for Oxfordshire County Council. She has a special interest in teaching the violin and viola to young children, both individually and in groups.David Blackwell has worked in publishing for both Oxford University Press and The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. He has conducted both adult and children's choirs, and published several fine choral arrangements, as well as pieces for Oxford's Piano Time series.

I have been using this book every Christmas for years. The difference is that this new edition inlcudes a CD to play along with, which lots of children love, and it keeps them up to speed. Jane Gille, Arco, Autumn 2011

• Andrew mine, Jasper mine ; Auld Lang Syne ; Away in a manger ; Bethl'em lay a-sleeping ; Child in a manger ; Children, go! ; Christmas Calypso ; Dance of the Reed Pipes ; Deck the hall ; Ding dong! merrily on high ; God rest you merry, gentlemen ; Good King Wenceslas ; Go tell it on the mountain ; Hark! the herald-angels sing ; Hogmanay Reel ; Infant holy, infant lowly ; I saw three ships ; Jingle, bells ; Mary had a baby ; O Christmas tree ; O come, all ye faithful ; O little town of Bethlehem ; Once in royal David's city ; Shepherds watched ; Silent night ; Skaters' Waltz ; The first Nowell ; The holly and the ivy ; We three kings ; We wish you a merry Christmas ; While shepherds watched their flocks ; Zither Carol ; Tuning track (A-D-G-E)