This box includes the following books:
Spiral Bound: It's Christmas (45 Games)
Children won't get bored over Christmas with this compact pad of exciting interactive games - the perfect antidote to the tablet. Each book in this popular series come with an erasable ink pen, so the books can be used time and time again! The spiral binding and the tabs make the book interactive and easy to use. Perfect for helping children to develop their observational skills and memory as well as fine motor skills.
Paperback: Santarella By Suzy Senior Illustrated By Lucy Semple
Santa meets Cinderella in this funny, fractured fairy tale by bestselling author Suzy Senior (Octopants, Unicorn Club, The Hotel for Bugs).
Oh no! It’s a chilly, frosty Christmas Eve and Santa’s hurt his back. He cannot fly the sleigh or even lift his sack! Is Christmas ruined? Not if Cinderella has anything to do with it! Leaving her mean step-sisters behind, she offers to give Santa a hand, and – along the way – travels the world. But Santa has one more gift in his sleigh. Could it be the chance for Cinderella to write her own happily-ever-after?
Packed with a rollicking rhyme and hilarious illustrations from Lucy Semple (Watch Out, Wolf! There’s a Baddie in Your Book) this fab feminist retelling of a classic fairy tale challenges stereotypes and is a joy to read aloud. Fans of fractured fairy tales like Little Red by Bethan Woollvin, Fearless Fairy Tales by Konnie Huq, James Kay and Rikin Parekh, and The Fairytale Hairdresser and Father Christmas by Abie Longstaff and Lauren Beard, will love this joyous story full of festive magic and wonder.
Paperback: Princess and the Christmas Rescue By Caryl Hart & Sarah Warburton
A fabulously festive Christmas picture book about how one very unprincessy princess uses all her stem skills to rescue Christmas.
Princess Eliza is an engineer extraordinaire! She loves making toys and gadgets, even though her mum thinks it’s not very princessy at all. But when Santa falls ill, and the elves are desperate for help, Eliza knows just how to save the day. With her inventing skills and engineering know-how, she makes, wraps and delivers presents AND makes some very unexpected friends along the way . . . all in time for Christmas Eve!
This feminist rhyming story by award-winning author Caryl Hart is perfect for princesses and princes who don’t need rescuing.
And there’s more! If you like Caryl Hart’s and Sarah Warburton’s witty and warm stories, there’s a whole series of books to discover about princesses who are definitely NOT princessy. Try The Princess and the Christmas Rescue, The Princess and the Giant, The Princess and the Presents and The Princess and the Pea.
Every Nosy Crow paperback picture book comes with a free ‘Stories Aloud’ audio recording – just scan the QR code and listen along!
