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A Very Play School Christmas
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Have a Merry Christmas with your favourite friends from Play School.
The toys are on their way to Jemima's caravan park to spend the holidays together. Join them for classic Play School fun as they bring to life the joy of an Australian Christmas.
With illustrations by bestselling artist Jedda Robaard, A Very Play School Christmas is a picture book to treasure this holiday season.
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A Very Play School Christmas
Have a Merry Christmas with your favourite friends from Play School. The toys are on their way to Jemima's caravan park to spend the holidays together. Join them for classic Play School fun as they bring to life the joy of an Australian Christmas. With illustrations by bestselling artist Jedda Robaard, A Very Play School Christmas is a picture book...Hardback$2999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
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ISBN: 9780733342363
Publisher: ABC Books
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 05 October 2022
Country: Australia
Imprint: ABC Books
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Jedda Robaard
- Illustrated by Jedda Robaard
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 10.0mm
Width: 252.0mm
Height: 253.0mm
Weight: 333g
Pages: 24
About the Author
Play School has been entertaining children for over 45 years and is the longest-running children’s program in television history. Play School has encouraged generations of children to wonder, to feel and to imagine. Come and play! Jan Stradling is a freelance writer and children's media consultant. She spent ten years at the Australian Broadcast Corporation, where she created, developed and commissioned a wide selection of award-winning content for children of all ages. During her time at the ABC, she was also the Executive Producer for the iconic children's TV show Play School. An experienced innovator in producing pre-school content, Jan is passionate about creating fun and relatable content for children. Jedda Robaard is an Australian author, illustrator and designer based in Tasmania. She is known both in Australia and internationally for her sweet and whimsical style of illustration. Although she enjoys writing her own stories, Jedda also collaborated with a number of Australian authors including Kerry Brown, Melissa Keil, Libby Gleeson, Kate Welshman and Tania Cox. Jedda has been illustrating and writing children's books since 2011 and has over forty books published.
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