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Plume: Christmas Elf
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This sparkling picture book is ideal for children aged 4 to 7 years, perfect for families to share during the festive season and for young readers who enjoy magical adventures and Christmas celebrations.
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See moreThe fourth title in Tania McCartney’s fantastical travel series that is the perfect Christmas gift for children aged 4 to 7 years.
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Plume: Christmas Elf is a sparkly picture book that celebrates the joy and magic of Christmas around the world, all wrapped up with a visit to Santa’s workshop in the North Pole.
It’s Christmas in Antarctica and our favourite travelling penguin is popping with festive excitement. There are gifts to wrap, cards to write, fairy lights to untangle and gingerbread to bake. Ava of the Albatross Express is extra busy. The penguins are buying up big, decking their halls with the biggest and best gifts of all.
But things go awry when Ava arrives with terrible news. Santa’s workshop is in trouble and toy production has stopped! With a little help from his penguin friends, Plume is off to the North Pole. Can he help Santa and make children's wishes come true?
Join the adorable Plume as he decks the ice halls with joy this Christmas. The fourth title in Tania McCartney’s fantastical travel series is the perfect Christmas gift for children aged 4 to 7 years.
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Plume: Christmas Elf
Plume: Christmas Elf is a sparkly picture book that celebrates the joy and magic of Christmas around the world, all wrapped up with a visit to Santa’s workshop in the North Pole. It’s Christmas in Antarctica and our favourite travelling penguin is popping with festive excitement. There are gifts to wrap, cards to write, fairy lights to untangle and gingerbread...Hardback$2799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
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ISBN: 9781741177923
Publisher: Hardie Grant Explore
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 04 October 2023
Country: Australia
Imprint: Hardie Grant Explore
Illustration: Full-colour Illustrations
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 11.0mm
Width: 230.0mm
Height: 280.0mm
Weight: 513g
Pages: 40
About the Author
Tania McCartney is a book creator. She has made well over 60 books for children and adults, and has illustrated, edited and designed many of them too. Her works have both shortlisted and won an array of awards, and have reached the hands of children in over 20 countries around the globe. A children's literacy ambassador and the founder of Kids’ Book Review, Tania spends her time writing, drawing, reading (and sometimes working) from her studio in Canberra, Australia. A voracious traveller, she has lived in Paris, London and Beijing. Plume: Christmas Elf is her fourth book in the Plume series, encouraging children's curiosity about the world around them.
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