Daisy and the Trouble with Christmas (A Daisy Story)

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But when Daisy and her best friend Gabby decide the dolly their teacher has chosen to play the Baby Jesus is a bit – well, boring, Daisy comes up with a plan that will mean trouble! The story kept her interest and made her laugh and was her first book that had less pictures and more like 'a grown up book' for her.

List of contributing authors: Samuel Beckett, Sally Rooney, Melatu Uche Okirie, William Trevor, Marian Keyes, Kevin Barry, Edna O'Brien, Claire-Louise Bennett, Sheridan Le Fanu, Danielle McLaughlin, Mairtin O Cathain, Frances Molloy, Blindboy Boatclub, Elizabeth Bowen, Frank O'Connor, Chiamaka Emyi-Amadi, John McGahern, Anne Enright, Mike McCormack, Maeve Brennan, Oein de Bhairduin, Eimear McBride, Sean O Faolain, Cathy Sweeney. This soul-enhancing book is the perfect gift that will last the whole year, with a little bit of magic to read every day.Registered office address: Unit 34 Vulcan House Business Centre, Vulcan Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 3EF. Our team is made up of book lovers who are dedicated to sourcing and providing the best books for kids. Trading Address (Warehouse) Unit E, Vulcan Business Complex, Vulcan Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 3EB. All of our books are 100% brand new, unread and purchased directly from the publishers in bulk allowing us to pass the huge savings on to you! Nick Sharratt has written and illustrated many books for children including Shark in the Park, You Choose and Pants.

But when Daisy and her best friend Gabby decide the dolly their teacher has chosen to play the Baby Jesus is a bit .

It is not included in promotions available to our main range products, as stated in our terms of service. Inspired by the approach and style of the British Library's 2018 bestseller A Literary Christmas, this carefully chosen anthology moves its focus to those most deeply involved in the wonders of Christmas, the Christmas girls and Christmas boys. Garry’s illustrations have accompanied the words of many prestigious picture-book authors, including Kes Gray, Ian Whybrow and Peter Bently. She felt really grown up reading a book with chapters although there re plenty of pictures to keep them going - I was impressed! The collection paints a tremendous spectrum of experience: the story of a prank come good by Bram Stoker; Sally Rooney on the love languages of the new generation; Donal Ryan on the pains of ageing; Edna O'Brien on political entanglements; James Joyce on losing a loved one; and the internal monologue of a coma sufferer by Marian Keyes.

Twenty-four seasonal chapters allow the excitement to build as parents and grandparents can share pages of unforgettable adventures, festive traditions, tales of elves, snowmen and reindeer, fairytales, folklore and family fun. He has won numerous awards for his picture books, including the Sheffield Children's Book Award and the 2001 Children's Book Award.

Age-old pleasures from those essential Christmas favourites, including Dickens, Kenneth Grahame, George Mackay Brown, Robert L. Like Charles Dickens's ghosts of Christmas Past and Present, they are representative of times old and new--from John Donne's Elizabethan hymn over the baby Jesus to Benjamin Zephaniah's "Talking Turkeys," from Thomas Tusser counting the cost of a Tudor feast to P. Daisy loves the carols, the sparkly lights, the snowmen, and especially the chance to be in the school Christmas play. He has also illustrated the popular fiction series The Dragonsitter by Josh Lacey and the space adventure series George’s Secret Key to the Universe by Lucy and Stephen Hawking for slightly older readers.

There have been many anthologies of the short story as it developed in Ireland, but never a collection like this. But, as ever with Daisy, things don't go quite according to plan and when the Baby Jesus dolly's head wobbles and falls off, total Christmas chaos ensues.May and Ezra Jack Keats, are presented alongside charming, but often more edgy, award-wining contemporary voices. An anthology of the very best Irish short stories, selected by Sinead Gleeson, author of Constellations. At Books2Door, we believe that reading is a fundamental skill that every child should have to help improve their vocabulary, grammar, and critical thinking skills.