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Last year's best-selling Christmas picture book with a fantastic CD read by the irrepressible Bernard Cribbins, narrator of The Wombles'A must for Christmas and ever afterwards.' Daily Mail In this book and CD edition of Father Christmas Needs A Wee, Bernard Cribbins brings to life the excruciating dilemma that Santa faces every Christmas Eve. On Christmas Eve every child leaves out a drink and a snack for Father Christmas. Before long he really, really needs a wee but what can he do about it? There's a long time to wait before he can get home and when he finally does he's lost his house key! A hilarious take on a dilemma that every toddler will identify with, this picture book now includes a CD complete with music and sound effects.

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"""A Christmas counting book that's sure to be popular with younger children - watch them giggle with delight as Father Christmas helps himself to tasty treats as he delivers the presents, only to find that he really, really, really needs a wee..."" The School Run blog ""Written in a jolly rhyming text that also encourages counting skills, this is an ingeniously original Santa Claus story packed with silly humour that will appeal to children"" Junior ""This rhyming counting book will appeal to youngsters with a practical turn of mind or those who like toilet humour"" -- Sarah Kingsford Sunday Express ""There can be few more arresting titles on the market this year than Nicholas Allan's Father Christmas Needs A Wee ... Perfect for all, pretty much from birth"" -- Katy Guest Independent ""Big, bold pictures and wonderful facial expressions make this a must for Christmas and ever afterwards"" -- Sally Morris Daily Mail"

Written in a jolly rhyming text that also encourages counting skills, this is an ingeniously original Santa Claus story packed with silly humour that will appeal to children Junior 20091112 This rhyming counting book will appeal to youngsters with a practical turn of mind or those who like toilet humour -- Sarah Kingsford Sunday Express 20091129 There can be few more arresting titles on the market this year than Nicholas Allan's Father Christmas Needs A Wee ... Perfect for all, pretty much from birth -- Katy Guest Independent 20091129 Big, bold pictures and wonderful facial expressions make this a must for Christmas and ever afterwards -- Sally Morris Daily Mail 20091204 Fabulously funny Malvern Gazette 20091127

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Nicholas Allan studied Fine Art at the Slade and has completed an MA in creative writing at the University of East Anglia. His highly original picture books have won him several awards including the Sheffield Children's Book Award for The Queen's Knickers and the Federation of Children's Books Best Picture Book Award for Demon Teddy. He is also the author of Hilltop Hospital, a book that has been adapted into a BAFTA-winning television series. Nicholas Allan is the author/illustrator of over thirty children's books.

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