{"title":"Christmas books","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"pre-order-the-twelve-days-of-christmas","title":"Brown Bear Wood: The Twelve Days of Christmas","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e12 Presents to Find\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #00aaff;\"\u003eAge range: 2+\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eWritten by Rachel Piercey; illustrated by Freya Hartas\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBoard Book; 180mm x 167mm; 12pp\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublished October 2022\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFollow Bear as he sets off on a festive Christmas present hunt adventure with his friends in the forest. Can you help them? Set to rollicking rhyming song with twelve presents to find and count. The perfect Christmas gift – full of the joys of Winter!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRACHEL PIERCEY \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eis a freelance poet, editor and tutor. She has co-edited three children’s poetry anthologies with the Emma Press and regularly performs her work and runs poetry workshops in primary schools. Rachel’s poems for adults have been published in various journals including The Poetry Review, Magma and The Rialto, as well as two pamphlets with the Emma Press and one with HappenStance. 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Freya loves to conjure up humorous characters, animals and monsters, creating the most fantastical worlds for them to inhabit and get lost in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eISBN - 13: \u003cspan\u003e9781913520489\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Magic Cat Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41981161668773,"sku":"","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0461\/4022\/7749\/products\/Cover_dcd15d41-1d9b-4701-b926-245e000c9ddc.jpg?v=1664371475"},{"product_id":"pre-order-merry-christmas-little-reindeer","title":"Merry Christmas, Little Reindeer","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMerry Christmas, Little Reindeer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 170, 255);\"\u003eAge range: 0+\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by Amanda Wood; illustrated by Bec Winnel and Vikki Chu\u003cbr\u003eHardback; 289 x 167 mm; 16pp\u003cbr\u003ePublished October 2023\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLittle Reindeer is busy collecting things in the snowy forest... but what are they for?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBeautifully blending photography with illustration, this adorable read-aloud board book is the perfect way to get ready for Christmas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAMANDA WOOD\u003c\/strong\u003e was the founding Editor and Publisher of Templar for more than 30 years. In her time there, she published and nurtured numerous Greenaway winners, and edited and wrote groundbreaking series such as Amazing Baby, and the Ologies, which have sold over 19 million-copies worldwide. Today she writes and runs her own small press from her home in Surrey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBEC WINNEL\u003c\/strong\u003e is an accomplished Australian photographic artist, whose work combines photography, painting, graphic design and anything else she finds fun to create with. 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Clever and fun.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e- The Bookseller\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eROB HODGSON\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in a seaside town in the south of England in 1988. Today he lives in Bristol where he spends his days making a mess and turning it into quality illustration projects and books. In 2017 he released his first picture book, The Cave, and since then has published a small bookshelf more, which have been translated into over a dozen languages. 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Barrie was made a baronet by George V on 14 June 1913, and a member of the Order of Merit in the 1922 New Year Honours. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eELLA BEECH \u003c\/strong\u003eis a children's book author and illustrator living in Cambridge, UK. After completing a BA in Fine Art Painting, she moved into children’s publishing, where she worked for 20 years in roles including Art Director and Head of Campbell Books. In 2019, she left publishing to complete an MA in Children's Book Illustration at Cambridge School of Art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eElla has been shortlisted for numerous prestigious awards—including the V\u0026amp;A Illustration Awards, Bologna Illustrators Exhibition, BolognaRagazzi Amazing Bookshelf, ABCD Awards, British Book Design \u0026amp; Production Awards, and the Peters Children’s Book of the Year—and was highly commended in the Macmillan Prize for Illustration. 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