With over A QUARTER OF A MILLION copies sold in the series, everyone's favourite Hedgehog and Tortoise are BACK with the message that Christmas is about being with the ones you love.

'Merry Christmas!' said Fox.
'Merry whatmas?' said Hedgehog.
'Merry whichmas?' said Tortoise.

You see, it was Hedgehog and Tortoise's first Christmas.
So they didn't know what Christmas was.

Fox thinks Christmas is about presents, Badger thinks it's about pudding, Magpie thinks it's about singing . . . Tortoise and Hedgehog begin to feel rather overwhelmed with all the noise and fuss. But in a quiet moment of reflection they learn the most important lesson of all: Christmas is about being with the ones you love.

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With over 250,000+ copies sold in the series, everyone's favourite Hedgehog and Tortoise are BACK with the message that Christmas is about being with the ones you love, now with an even more dazzling cover!
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Endearing Christmas fun - a joy to read to preschool children.
With over 250,000+ copies sold in the series, everyone's favourite Hedgehog and Tortoise are BACK with the message that Christmas is about being with the ones you love, now with an even more dazzling cover!
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Product details

ISBN
9780571379514
Published
2023-09-28
Publisher
Faber & Faber; Faber & Faber
Weight
200 gr
Height
260 mm
Width
255 mm
Thickness
10 mm
Age
J, 02
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
32

Illustrated by

Biographical note

Eoin McLaughlin was born in Ireland and now lives in Mauritius with his family. The Hug - a bestseller - was his debut picture book. He also wrote, amongst others, While We Can't Hug, The Longer the Wait, the Bigger the Hug, The Roar, Secret Agent Elephant and The Case of the Missing Cake.

Polly Dunbar is one of the best-known illustrators working in the UK. Her picture books such as The Hug, While We Can't Hug and Penguin are bestselling and have won numerous awards. When she's not making books she likes to make puppets. She lives in Suffolk with her family.