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- Orchard Books
For National Curriculum Early Years, For National Curriculum Key Stage 1, Interest age: from c 3 years, Christmas, Fiction, Picture storybooks
The Story of Christmas told through the animals in the stable that cold winter's night. Beautifully told, with words full of warmth and kindness, this classic will delight children from all walks of life.
Discover the magic of the very first Christmas with this classic picture book. From the author of Owl Babies and Can't You Sleep Little Bear?
It's a cold winter's night, and Kind Ox is in his stable. One by one, the animals come, and Kind Ox gives each of them a bed for the night. Until eventually, Tired Donkey arrives with some very special passengers...
Retold from the perspective of the animals in the stable, this beautiful book will bring the Christmas story to life for even the youngest children.
A true Christmas classic, with a universal message about kindness, this is a book to be treasured and shared by every family.
Martin Waddell is one of the greatest living writers of books for children. He has won multiple awards for his work, including the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award.
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Praise for Room For A Little One
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A formidable combination of talents has captured the essence of the Nativity with deceptively simple language and luminous illustrations. - The Bookseller
Martin Waddell
Martin Waddell is known and respected the world over for his incredible storytelling. Martin has won the Smarties Prize twice and was presented with the Hans Christian Andersen Award for children's literature. For Orchard, Martin has written the fun, action-packed bestseller 'The Dirty Great Dinosaur' and its sequel 'The Super Swooper Dinosaur' (both illustrated by Leonie Lord), and two wonderful story collections 'The Orchard Book of Goblins, Ghouls and Ghosts' (illustrated by Tony Ross) and 'The Orchard Book of Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales' (illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark). Martin lives in Northern Ireland.
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