It’s Christmas Eve and Theo – left at home with a babysitter – sees an odd-looking star out of his window and decides to make a wish. He wishes that he had some friends to keep him company.
Moments later the Christmas decorations begin to disentangle themselves from the tree behind him, ready to wreak a little havoc …
This book is suitable for children between 5 and 7 years of age.
Written with generous helpings of warmth and humour, this is a story about treasuring the people and values that really matter at this time of year from master storyteller and bestselling children’s author Katherine Rundell, creator of Rooftoppers and The Wolf Wilder. Emily Sutton’s breathtaking illustrations capture the magic of the season in stunning detail, making this the perfect Christmas gift.
Katherine Rundell spent her childhood in Africa and Europe. After completing a degree course in English and a doctorate on the literary and textual afterlives of John Donne, she is now a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, where she studies Renaissance literature and climbs old buildings at night.
Emily Sutton graduated in 2008 from Edinburgh College of Art, having also studied at York College and for a semester at the Rhode Island School of Design. As well as illustrating picture books, she paints, sculpts and designs prints.
