Holly Jolly Kitty-Corn

Name: Holly Jolly Kitty-Corn
Brand: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd
SKU: 9781419768798
Price: 34.99 NZD
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A Picture Book

By Shannon Hale

Series: Kitty-Corn

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Bestselling Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn creators Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham are back with a festive kitty-corn tale, featuring Christmas decorations, gingerbread houses, one (almost) perfect tree—and the magic of true friendship. The best part of Christmas is the merry music! No, it’s the gingerbread! No, it’s definitely... Read More

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Description

Bestselling Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn creators Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham are back with a festive kitty-corn tale, featuring Christmas decorations, gingerbread houses, one (almost) perfect tree—and the magic of true friendship.

The best part of Christmas is the merry music! No, it’s the gingerbread! No, it’s definitely decorating the tree!

Kitty and Unicorn can’t wait to spend their first Christmas together! But try as they might, they can’t seem to agree on their favourite festivities. Will the magical best friends pull off the perfect Christmas, or will all their plans come tip-timber-crashing down?

The magical, bestselling team of Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham return with a cosy and heartwarming holiday story for kitty-corns everywhere.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781419768798

Publisher: Abrams

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 20 November 2025

Country: United States

Imprint: Abrams Books for Young Readers

Illustration: Full-color illustrations throughout

Contributors:

Illustrated by LeUyen Pham

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 17.0mm

Width: 229.0mm

Height: 305.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 48

Collections

Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Series: Kitty-Corn Shannon Hale Young Adult

About the Author

LeUyen Pham and Shannon Hale are the team behind the bestselling picture books Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn, Pretty Perfect Kitty-Corn, Party Hearty Kitty-Corn, and Bubbly Beautiful Kitty-Corn, as well as the Kitty-Corn Club board books; the bestselling graphic novels Real Friends, Best Friends, and Friends Forever; and, with Dean Hale, the early chapter book series the Princess in Black. They have made a bunch of other books too. They are both moms of cat-loving kids, wives to book-creating husbands, honor award winners (Caldecott and Newbery), and believers in unicorns. Pham lives in Los Angeles, Hale lives in Utah, and together they know they can be—and make—anything.

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