LoveReading4Kids Says
November 2024 Book of the Month
How did we not know about the Christmas Tree Mouse before? With her bauble hat, warm snowy-white waistcoat, walkie-talkie with direct line to Santa, she hides in your Christmas tree, emerging after Santa has been to tidy up and sort out any present mix-ups, as has happened here!
Joseph Coelho’s text perfectly captures the excitement, fun and busyness of Christmas Eve and Farah Shah’s illustrations are full of the festive details we love to spot.
This charming festive adventure will send children (and maybe even some grown-ups) to the Christmas tree to see if they can spot a whisk of tail or flash of white waistcoat, and should be enjoyed this Christmas and for many more to come.
Andrea Reece
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The Christmas Tree Mouse Synopsis
'Twas the night before Christmas
and all through the house,
Not a creature was stirring, save . . .
CHRISTMAS TREE MOUSE!
And she's on an important mission. A mission to help Santa! Every Christmas Eve, this tiny mouse brushes away Santa's snowy footprints, nibbles up the mince pie crumbs, and - most importantly - checks on her Santa HQ tablet that all the correct presents are under the tree.
But when Christmas Tree Mouse discovers that baby Ola has received the wrong present, it's a CATASTROPHE! Can she use all her special training and determination to save the day? And might Santa himself make a special appearance?
This charming and heartwarming picture book from Waterstones Children's Laureate Joseph Coelho and debut illustrator Farah Shah offers a brilliantly funny sneak peek behind the scenes on the most magical night of the year. The perfect gift for any child this Christmas!
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9780241585481 |
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3rd October 2024 |
| Author: |
Joseph Coelho |
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Farah Shah |
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Puffin an imprint of Penguin Random House Children's UK |
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Paperback |
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32 pages |
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About Joseph Coelho
Joseph Coelho is the Waterstones Children’s Laureate 2022-2024, and an award-winning poet, playwright and writer. His first poetry collection, Werewolf Club Rules!, won the CLPE Children's Poetry Award in 2015, and he has been writing and performing ever since. His picture books include If All the World Were... illustrated by Allison Colpoys and Luna Loves Library Day illustrated by Fiona Lumbers. His poetry books for children include Overheard in a Tower Block illustrated by Kate Milner and A Year of Nature Poems illustrated by Kelly Louise Judd.
His ‘Story told in poems’, for age 12+, The Girl Who Became A Tree, was shortlisted for The 2021 Carnegie Medal and received a special mention from the Bologna Ragazzi Award 2021. His YA verse novel, The Boy Lost in the Maze, is longlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Award for Writing 2024, has been chosen as an outstanding international book for The White Ravens collection 2023 and has also been nominated as an IBBY Honour Book for 2024.
He has written plays for the Polka Theatre, the Lyric, Hammersmith, and the Unicorn Theatre. He creates dynamic poetry theatre pieces for young people that he tours nationally. He also performs with the UK's top performance poetry organisation, Apples and Snakes, visiting venues across the UK. Joseph has been a guest poet in Cbeebies' Rhyme Rocket.
Originally from London, he now lives by the sea in Kent.
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