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Join Winston the mouse as he sets out on another irresistible Christmas adventure! A Christmas mystery written in 24-and-a-half chapters. The perfect Christmas gift for children who are ready to start reading by themselves. From beloved children's author-illustrator Alex T. Smith comes How Winston Delivered a...
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Join Winston the mouse as he sets out on another irresistible Christmas adventure! A Christmas mystery written in 24-and-a-half chapters. The perfect Christmas gift for children who are ready to start reading by themselves.
From beloved children's author-illustrator Alex T. Smith comes How Winston Delivered a Christmas Wish. Full of gorgeous colour artwork and Christmassy activities, this third Winston adventure is sure to become a Christmas classic to be enjoyed year after year.
Winston is looking forward to Christmas at home with Oliver on Mistletoe Street. There are to be no adventures at all this year.
But when an elderly tortoise finds a lost letter addressed to a girl who lived on Mistletoe Street eighty years ago, Winston knows he has to act. Helped by old friends and new, Winston sets out on a magical adventure to snowy New York – but how can one small mouse find someone in a strange new town where everything is larger than life? Winston is determined to find out but, once in Manhattan, his job is made more difficult when he realises that some shadowy foes are after him!
Includes crafting decorations, making Christmas food, discovering Christmas traditions from around the world and so much more!
How Winston Delivered a Christmas Wish is a heartwarming illustrated story by Alex T. Smith, bestselling author of the Claude and Astrid and the Space Cadets series for younger readers.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781035070541
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 15 October 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Macmillan Children's Books
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 23.0mm
Width: 214.0mm
Height: 274.0mm
Weight: 900g
Pages: 176
About the Author
Alex T. Smith has drawn and written stories since he could hold a pencil. After considering several career options (space traveller, cake maker, professional rabbit), Alex decided to train to do the job he’d wanted to do since he was five – an illustrator specializing in the world of children’s publishing. Alex graduated with a first-class degree in Illustration in 2006 and also won second place in the Macmillan Prize for Illustration in his final year. Since then Alex has gone on to work for a wide variety of clients, not just in the publishing industry, as well as writing and illustrating his own picture books, many of which have won prizes and have been read on TV during the Bedtime Hour on the CBeebies channel. Alex is also the creator of the bestselling Claude series for early readers, now an animated TV series on Disney Junior. His wonderful Christmas adventure How Winston Delivered Christmas is published by Macmillan Children's Books. When not working, Alex enjoys doodling in his sketchbook, reading, people-watching and eavesdropping. He is also a big fan of cake and a nice cup of tea. He lives with and under the constant ‘supervision’ of his canine companions in Warwickshire.
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