Just when Christmas stress seems at its most overwhelming, the love and joy of family and friends saves the day. Totally mad and really very funny’ Angels and Urchins --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

So many Christmas books are picture books, and I love them, but to have a middle-grade Christmas book, well, that's a treasure. Ebooks fulfilled through Glose cannot be printed, downloaded as PDF, or read in other digital readers (like Kindle or Nook). These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. She's worked with mixed media, pioneered text as an integral part of illustration and collaborated with artists across different fields. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites.Her books have been made into an award-winning TV series and have sold in many languages with runaway success. After attending two Art Schools, she travelled for six months, still unsure about which career to embark upon. She sets herself the task of creating all her Christmas cards and presents on a budget, working out how to get the postage money she needs for Betty Moody's gift and keeping the family Christmas Spirit alive. We've read all of the Clarice Bean books that we've been able to find plus the Charlie and Lola books and others that Lauren Child has written or collaborated on. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.

Wrap yourself in the warmth and wit of former Children’s Laureate Lauren Child and be transported by the love and laughter that is Christmas with the utterly irreplaceable Clarice Bean. The story is full of holiday cheer, and I loved hearing about all the family traditions that Clarice Bean celebrated with her family. Except this year it is going to be a quiet-ish Christmas in her house, which doesn't feel right because Christmas is all about noisiness and being full up and FAMILY. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site.

Her books include interpretations of beloved classics including Mary Poppins, and her Ruby Redfort and Hubert Horatio books are loved by children all over the world. She has been awarded an MBE for her work and was appointed as an Artist for Peace by Unesco in 2008.