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Curl up by the fireside with an enchanting collection of Christmas stories from Britain’s best-loved children’s author, Michael Morpurgo. Lose yourself in faraway lands and unexpected adventures with five festive tales from the author who gave us War Horse. In Grandpa Christmas, a grandparent’s wish for a better world delivers a vital and timely message about caring for our planet. The Best Christmas Present in the World brings a soldier’s incredible story home from the Great War. The Best of Times follows Prince Frederico as he works to lift his new bride’s aching heart at Christmas. On Angel Wings tells of a shepherd’s secret visit to the newborn Christ child. Mimi and the Mountain Dragon captures a little girl’s brave choice to bring joy and peace to her village. Each story features beautiful illustrations from the biggest names in children’s books – Jim Field, Quentin Blake, Michael Foreman, Emma Chichester Clark and Helen Stephens. The perfect Christmas storytime experience for children aged 4 and up. A bestselling festive collection – 114K copies sold since 2016! Michael Morpurgo has won the Whitbread Award, the Smarties Award, the Circle of Gold Award, the Children’s Book Award and has been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal four times, is a former Children’s Laureate and was awarded an OBE in December 2006 for his services to literature. Illustrated by Jim Field, Quentin Blake, Michael Foreman, Emma Chichester Clark and Helen Stephens.

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Michael Morpurgo OBE is one of the UK's best-loved authors for children and young people. He was the third UK Children's Laureate and he has won the Children's Book Award, the Nestle Children's Book Prize and the Blue Peter Book of the Year Award. There have been many stage and screen adaptations of his books, including a major film and award-winning stage play based on War Horse. Michael also set up the charity Farms for City Children with his wife Clare. Quentin Blake is one of the best-loved storytellers in the world. His books include dozens of modern classics and he has collaborated with an incredible range of authors, perhaps most famously Roald Dahl. Quentin was appointed the first UK Children's Laureate in 1999, was created CBE in 2005, and received a knighthood for 'services to illustration' in the New Year's Honours for 2013. Michael Foreman is one of the world's best-loved children's book illustrators. He has written and illustrated a vast range of books and has collaborated with many leading children's authors, including Michael Morpurgo and Terry Jones.

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