Tales from Christmas Wood

Name: Tales from Christmas Wood
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SKU: 9780745965468
Price: 16.99 NZD
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By Suzy Senior

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Summary

Christmas Wood is home to a charming cast of animals including Badger, Fidgety Fox, Owl, the Rabbit family, Tiny Mouse, and Robin. As Christmas approaches, each animal prepares for the festive season in their own unique way — from Badger seeking new friends to Tiny Mouse making gingerbread, while Rosie Rabbit tries to find some peace and quiet. The book contains five delightful stories that culminate in a magical Christmas celebration in a barn with special guests.
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Tales from Christmas Wood

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Description

Christmas wood is full of animals: Badger, Fidgety Fox, Owl (not Wise Old Owl, just Owl), the Rabbit family, Tiny Mouse, and Robin.

It's nearly Christmas and all the animals are getting ready to celebrate. Badger is looking for new friends, Tiny is making (or is that eating...) gingerbread, and Rosie Rabbit just can't get any peace and quiet!

Five festive stories from the animals in the wood all come together in a fantastically Christmassy finale in a barn with some rather special guests...

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780745965468

Publisher: SPCK Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 18 September 2015

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Lion Children's Books

Edition: New edition

Illustration: Illustrations, colour

Contributors:

Illustrated by James Newman Grey

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 260.0mm

Height: 215.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 32

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Children's Books Children's Christmas Books and Gifts Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Christmas Books and Gifts Suzy Senior

About the Author

Suzy Senior (Author) Suzy Senior lives with her family and a small gang of pets, at the top of a huge hill in Yorkshire. Her background is in publishing, working with lots of wonderful bookshops. Her favourite type of books are picture books - she loves reading them, writing them and talking about them! Shewas shortlisted in the National Literacy Trust and Bloomsbury Children'sBooks Poetry Prize 2015. James Newman Grey (Illustrator) James Newman Gray is an exceptionally talented illustrator. He specialised in Illustration at Wolverhampton University and has had a successful career working in greetings cards, where his ability to change styles has been very useful - varying from contemporary designs and characters, to hand lettering, cute characters and detailed line-work. James has now brought his talents to children's book illustration, where his adorable creations really bring the pages to life. He is a self-proclaimed cat person and collects vintage synthesizers.

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