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Jess Pauwels
Author
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Publication Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Christmas Eve was here at last. The countdown clock was ticking fast. But yikes! When Santa turned the key (the reindeer need some help you see). The engine didn't start, it spluttered, That isn't right, the elves all muttered." When Santas sleigh stops working on Christmas Eve the elves all rally round to help. Maybe they could use a slingshot? Or the owls could help? How about polar bears? Will they be able to sort the sleigh out before it is too...
Author
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Publication Date
2024
Language
English
Description
The moon cast long shadows that crept through the park,
Pumpkins grinned gruesomely lighting the dark,
Inside her cottage, a witch cast a spell . . .
And let out a gigantic hiccup as well! Now Hazel Broomstick was a witch in a fix
Because magic and hiccups are not a good mix . . . Poor Hazel Broomstick is heading for disaster on the eve of Halloween! Her hiccups are making her spells do some very funny things. Nobody wants a pink, fluffy witch's cat,...
Author
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Publication Date
2023
Language
English
Description
One week to go 'till Christmas Day,
The final touches underway,
A ribbon here, a flourish there,
And presents piled up everywhere. Santa smiled. 'What could go wrong?'
He didn't have to wait too long . . .
Out of the sky a whirling blur,
Of antlers, legs and soft brown fur, Came crashing through the workshop roof,
And that's how Rudolph sprained his hoof . . . Oh no! Another Christmas disaster! The sleigh can't fly without Rudolph. Luckily, head engineer...
