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A Kiwi Christmas Carol
Brief Description
The Dickensian Christmas story is given a Kiwi twist. "What a whole lot of hoo-ha, this 'let's all be merry' - the dinners, the pressies and fuss! A load of old CODSWOLLOP!" hollered old Jerry. "But leave early then - if you must!" Miserly old Jerry...
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Format: Hardback
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A Kiwi Christmas Carol
Miserly old Jerry from the Kai Corner Dairy is the New Zealand equivalent of Scrooge. Children will love spotting the odd kiwi icon in Webb's humorous illustrations.
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Description
The Dickensian Christmas story is given a Kiwi twist.
"What a whole lot of hoo-ha, this 'let's all be merry' - the dinners, the pressies and fuss! A load of old CODSWOLLOP!" hollered old Jerry. "But leave early then - if you must!"
Miserly old Jerry from the Kai Corner Dairy is the New Zealand equivalent of Scrooge. Children will love spotting the odd Kiwi icon in Webb's humorous illustrations.
Series: Kiwi Corkers Great New Zealand Yarns
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Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781869439422
Publisher: Scholastic New Zealand Limited
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 20 September 2010
Country: New Zealand
Imprint: Scholastic New Zealand
Illustration: colour illustrations
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Philip Webb
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Width: 240.0mm
Height: 250.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 24
About the Author
Auckland author Chris Gurney has been a real find, having seven picture book titles published in the space of two years. She writes with a faultless sense of rhyme and rhythm and shows great humorous talent. Wellington-based Philip Webb has been illustrating children's books for years, including the Scholastic title Dragor, an Honour Book at the NZ Post Children's Book Awards and a CLFNZ Notable Book and more recently the successful Piggity-Wiggity Jiggity Jig series.
Also by Chris Gurney
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