Description
Product ID: | 9781447287346 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | The Christmas Star |
Subtitle: | A Festive Story Collection |
Authors: | Author: Eva Ibbotson, Nick Maland, Joe, Jr. Wilson |
Page Count: | 96 |
Subjects: | Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction, General fiction (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Short stories, Short stories (Children's / Teenage), Interest age: from c 9 years |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Christmas stories from bestselling author Eva Ibbotson. <p><b>A collection of three wonderfully festive stories from Eva Ibbotson, the bestselling author of <i>Journey to the River Sea</i>. With a beautiful cover by Joe Wilson and inside illustrations,<i> The Christmas Star</i> is a wonderful gift to treasure at Christmas and all year round. </b><br><br>In the first story, <i>Vicky and the Christmas Angel</i>, a young Viennese girl discovers, to her horror, who really brings the children's presents at Christmas. <br><br>In<i> The Christmas Star</i> a family encounters a fortune teller at the local Christmas market who changes their lives. <br><br><i>The Great Carp Ferdinand</i> is a story about a hero with a difference as it follows the impact that Ferdinand – the carp intended for the Mannhaus family's Christmas dinner – has on the household in the lead-up to Christmas.</p> |
Imprint Name: | Macmillan Children's Books |
Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2015-10-22 |