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Hide-and-Seek Santa

Name: Hide-and-Seek Santa
Brand: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd
SKU: 9781419785962
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A Lift-the-Flap Book

By Marta Altés

Series: A Hide-and-Seek Board Book

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Ready or not, here I come! A hilarious hide-and-seek game between toddlers and Santa Claus, who is just trying to do his job. Santa loves playing hide-and-seek, and it turns out he’s VERY good at it! Once a year when Santa visits, he loves to play... Read More

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Ready or not, here I come! A hilarious hide-and-seek game between toddlers and Santa Claus, who is just trying to do his job.

Santa loves playing hide-and-seek, and it turns out he’s VERY good at it! Once a year when Santa visits, he loves to play hide-and-seek. He’s great at staying hidden, but his reindeer? Not so much. They always pick the goofiest hiding spots that are much too easy to find.

Delighted readers will spot Santa doing his best to stay out of sight, but his reindeer might just give him away...

Charming, funny, and relatable for any adult who has ever hidden from a determined toddler just to have a moment of peace, Hide-and-Seek Santa is a vibrant peek-a-boo board book perfect for little seekers and fans of the Karen Katz lift-the-flap books. With 14 sturdy flaps to lift, young readers will love looking for Santa and spotting all of the funny hiding places his reindeer have chosen instead!

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Hide-and-Seek Santa

Ready or not, here I come! A hilarious hide-and-seek game between toddlers and Santa Claus, who is just trying to do his job. Santa loves playing hide-and-seek, and it turns out he’s VERY good at it! Once a year when Santa visits, he loves to play hide-and-seek. He’s great at staying hidden, but his reindeer? Not so much. They always...

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781419785962

Publisher: Abrams

Format: Board book

Date Published: 17 September 2026

Country: United States

Imprint: Abrams Appleseed

Illustration: Full-color illustrations throughout

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 203.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 30

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About the Author

Marta Altés is the award-winning creator of numerous picture books, including My Grandpa, I Am an Artist!, Five More Minutes, and Little Monkey. While living in Barcelona, she earned a degree in graphic design and then moved to the UK to study for an MA in children’s book illustration. Since then, her books have been translated into 34 different languages! My Grandpa (Abrams BYR, 2013) was an Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award Honoree in the US, and I Am an Artist! was long-listed for the Kate Greenaway Medal in the UK. Altés has also won the Read It Again! Award and the Nottingham Children’s Book Award, and her first book, No!, was short-listed for the Peoples Book Prize and the Waterstones Picture Book Prize. Altés lives in London.

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