LoveReading4Kids Says
LoveReading4Kids Says
Katherine Rundell, author of Rooftoppers, Wolf Wilder and The Explorer, fills her first picturebook with the wit, verve and touches of whimsy that distinguish her novels, as well as with a series of typically striking images. Theo is spending a lonely Christmas Eve at home while his parents work late, when four battered old decorations he’s just discovered and added to the tree, suddenly come to life. The robin, tin soldier, angel and rocking horse are a demanding bunch, particularly the horse which eats anything and everything. Following their orders, Theo takes them outside and helps each find what they need, before they in turn transform his Christmas. Emily Sutton’s illustrations are perfect for the story, matching both its sense of tradition and anything’s-possible-magic and adventure. A story that is just right for Christmas but worth reading any day of the year. ~ Andrea Reece
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One Christmas Wish Synopsis
It's Christmas Eve and Theo - left at home with a babysitter - sees an odd-looking star out of his window and decides to make a wish. He wishes that he had some friends to keep him company. Moments later the Christmas decorations begin to disentangle themselves from the tree behind him, ready to wreak a little havoc ... Written with generous helpings of warmth and humour, this is a story about treasuring the people and values that really matter at this time of year from master storyteller and bestselling children's author Katherine Rundell. Emily Sutton's breathtaking illustrations perfectly capture the magic of Christmas in stunning detail.
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9781408885734 |
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5th October 2017 |
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Katherine Rundell |
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Emily Sutton |
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Bloomsbury Childrens an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
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Hardback |
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62 pages |
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Press Reviews
Katherine Rundell Press Reviews
Praise for The Wolf Wilder;
A triumph Philip Pullman
The Wolf Wilder has everything: it's a truly compelling read it's beautifully written, it's totally original and yet has the familiar feel of an established classic Jacqueline Wilson
The kind of novel that reminds you why books are worth reading and life is worth living Lauren St John
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About Katherine Rundell
Katherine Rundell is a multi-million-bestselling author whose novels for children have won the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Costa Children’s Book Award, among many others. Impossible Creatures was Waterstones Book of the Year 2023, and in 2024 Katherine was named the British Book Awards Author of the Year and Impossible Creatures won the Children’s Fiction Book of the Year.
Her books for adults include Super-Infinite, winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize.
Katherine spent her childhood in Africa and Europe before taking her degree at the University of Oxford and becoming a Quondam Fellow of All Souls College and a Fellow of St Catherine’s College, Oxford, where she works on Renaissance literature.
Very occasionally she goes climbing across the rooftops of Oxford late at night.
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