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How Winston Delivered Christmas

A Festive Chapter Book with Black and White Illustrations
By Alex T. Smith
Series: How Winston Delivered Christmas
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Join Winston, a brave little mouse, on a Very Important Mission to deliver a lost letter to Father Christmas before Christmas Day. Along the way, he embarks on exciting adventures and makes wonderful friends. This illustrated chapter book edition features Alex T. Smith's charming black and white drawings, making it the perfect festive gift for newly confident readers.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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Ideal for young readers gaining confidence, and families seeking a festive, heartwarming tale to share at Christmas time.

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Join Winston the mouse in this heartwarming tale of bravery, kindness and unlikely friendships. This gorgeous book is the perfect Christmas present for any child, to read on your own or share with all the family time and time again.

Join Winston the mouse in this heartwarming tale of bravery, kindness and unlikely friendships.

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Join a brave little mouse on a big Christmas adventure! This is the chapter book edition of Alex T. Smith's modern Christmas classic How Winston Delivered Christmas, with gorgeous black and white illustrations from the author throughout - the perfect festive gift for newly confident readers.

Winston is on a Very Important Mission. On Christmas Eve, he finds a letter to Father Christmas that did not make it to the post box - so, with no time to lose, he sets out to deliver it himself in time for Christmas Day! He has a lot of Very Exciting Adventures on his Very Important Mission and makes some wonderful friends along the way. Will he find Father Christmas in time?

How Winston Delivered Christmas is a heartwarming illustrated story by Alex T. Smith, bestselling author of the Claude series.

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Critical acclaim includes praise for its gorgeous illustrations and heartwarming story. Fiona Noble from The Bookseller describes it as "utterly gorgeous stuff," while Waterstones.com highlights it as a poignant and heartwarming read. Carousel calls it beautifully illustrated and destined to become a Christmas classic.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529080858

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 October 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Macmillan Children's Books

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 244g

Pages: 224

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Activity Books and Kits Alex T. Smith Children's Books Children's Christmas Books and Gifts Children's Fiction Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Christmas Books and Gifts Drawing, Colouring and Painting Books for Kids Pre-orders Pre-orders by Release Date Series: How Winston Delivered Christmas Young Adult

About the Author

Alex T. Smith has drawn and written stories since he could hold a pencil. 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, which are soon to appear in their own TV series on Disney Junior.

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