Author(s): Dennis Pepper
Format: Paperback
No. of Pages: 224
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Language: English
Date Published: 2010-01-25
Dimensions: 156 x 232 x 16mm
Publication City/Country: Oxford, United Kingdom
Edition: Reissue
Illustrations: illustrations in full colour and b&w

Families and friends come together at Christmas and, as they do, there are stories to be told. Stories about love, secrets, friendship, bravery, conflict, and compassion. This collection includes stories by Charles Dickens, Laurie Lee, Philippa Pearce, Geraldine McCaughrean, Jacqueline Wilson, Nicholas Fisk, and many, many more. So whether you want to slide with Mr Pickwick on the ice or find out what's on Adrian Mole's Christmas list, there are delights and surprises to be discovered in this wonderfully varied anthology of stories illustrated in both colour and black and white.