Without hope there would be no magic.
Once upon a time,Father Christmas didn't come to visit children every year. In fact,it nearly came to pass that there was no Christmas as we know it.
Father Christmas had a lot to deal with; there were troubled elves,reindeers that kept falling from the sky,and more than a few angry trolls for him to contend with.
The reason There was not enough magic in the world. Magic is born of hope - and if the children of the world couldn't see any magic,then why would they hope for it
That was until one little girl,who believed in magic totally,lay in her bed and wished and wished...
This is the gloriously heart-warming story of how one little girl came to the rescue and helped save Christmas.
Matt Haig is an author and journalist whose previous workReasons To Stay Alivewas a contender for The Waterstones Book of the Year 2015. He is also an award-winning children's writer whose previous works includeTo Be a Catand The Radleys.The Girl Who Saved Christmasis the follow-up to Haig's other festive children's taleA Boy Called Christmas.
Publisher: Canongate BooksISBN: 9781782118572Number of pages: 336Weight: 418 gDimensions: 204 x 138 x 31 mmEdition: Main
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The traditional search'n'rescue adventure,done with charm,energy and enough wit to keep even the adults who will be reading this aloud as a festive bedtime story alert...A lovely,warm,enveloping seasonal readTells us the origins of Christmas as we know it...Haig gently infuses his charming book with lessons on caring for each other and the power of hopeThe Girl Who Saved Christmas will melt your Grinch-frozen heartA plucky adventure tale in which Haig reminds us of and reworks the meaning of Christmas,pinning it onto a message of hope...HeartwarmingThe sequel to last year's A Boy Called Christmas ...will enchant children and melt the hearts of even the most cynical adults. Beautifully illustrated,and full of sly jokes and heartfelt wisdom,this is another Christmas crackerOh what fun it is to READ!...It's funny,sad and...full of wonderful characters. (We all need a Truth Pixie in our lives...)An evocative,inventive and lively tale full of heart and humourFunny,heartfelt,pacey and with brilliant illustrations...A homage to Charles Dickens that may well endure as long as the work of that great man himselfHaig's understanding of grief,cruelty and the need for hope turns a comedy about threatened elves and malfunctioning magic into a classic. A hanky for every eye and a copy in every stocking for eight plus readers,pleaseA wonderful story - heart-warming,funny and filled with seasonal magicSet against the magic of an elf,troll and pixie underworld,it's the perfect Christmas read...At its heart...is a message to always keep faith and hope - for only then does the magic workA glorious mix of fairytale,folklore and funTerrific...An instant classicRead it!The most evergreen,immortal Christmas story to be published for decadesThe Christmas book of the year
Matt Haig
An author who blurs the lines between genres,blending fantasy,myth and science fiction to create some of the most inventive and enduringly popular contemporary fiction,Matt Haig is also amongst Waterstones bookseller's favourite authors. His novels include How to Stop Time,The Radleys and The Humans as well as children's books including A Boy Called Christmas and The Girl Who Saved Christmas. He is also the author of the Sunday Times bestseller and Waterstones non-fiction Book of the Month,Reasons to Stay Aliveand the follow up, Notes on a Nervous Planet.
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