{"product_id":"9780702330858","title":"The Great Reindeer Rescue","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Stephen Mangan\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eInterest age: from c 8 years\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 10 October 2024 by Scholastic in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 320 pages\u003cbr\u003e196 x 130 x 23 | 220g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA high-energy, brilliantly silly, fully illustrated festive\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eadventure story by much-loved actor Stephen Mangan and talented\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eartist Anita Mangan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Nine- to 12-year-olds will love this funny, fast-paced\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estory' Good Housekeeping Christmas Gift Guide\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's Christmas Eve and one of Santa's reindeers, Dave, is FED\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUP. He's stuck behind boastful Rudolph again and a fart-in-the-face\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eis the LAST STRAW.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the commotion, Santa crash lands on the roof of nine-year-old\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHolly’s home causing an almighty Christmas lights explosion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat blasts the reindeers to far-flung corners of the Earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt’s up to Dave and Holly to fly round the world to rescue\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eall the reindeers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan Holly and Dave get all the reindeers back to Santa\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto SAVE CHRISTMAS? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis funniest festive adventure is a must-read spin on The\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNight Before Christmas\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the bestselling creators of The Fart That Changed the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorld and The Day I Fell Down the Toilet\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA laugh out loud celebration of the magic of Christmas \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for The Great Christmas Reindeer:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Filled with humour [...] genuinely funny situations which\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyounger readers will delight in as they root for the story's hero\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand heroine as they battle to save Christmas … Wonderfully\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eillustrated by [Stephen's] sister, Anita, making this a very appealing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003echoice for readers in KS2 … this would also make\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea wonderful shared bedtime read, with adults enjoying much of the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehumour too' Jacqui Sydney, book blogger\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'From the very first page, readers will laugh out loud at\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethis off-the-wall tale of Santa's newest reindeer, Dave, and the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etrouble he (unintentionally) causes when Rudolph is boastful one\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etoo many times ... The Great Reindeer Rescue is one hilarious event\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eafter another - just the thing for middle grade readers this December!'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKate Heap, book blogger\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Great addition to the family Christmas library. Will be cheerfully\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eread again and again by all three generations' Parent\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ereview\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A perfect book for the run to Christmas and my 8 year old\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eis very much enjoying the story so far. Plenty of humour and some\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elovely illustrations too!' Parent review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Fun, engaging and full of Christmas spirit' Parent\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ereview\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore Praise for Stephen \u0026amp; Anita's books:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'Brilliant, clever, kind of genius'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGraham Norton\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'Manages to feel both classic and modern at the same\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etime' Good Housekeeping\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'A beautiful and exciting adventure that ignites the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eimagination' Edith Bowman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephen Mangan is a bestselling author, actor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand presenter. His comic gift is seen in shows such as Green\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWing, I'm Alan Partridge and Episodes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephen appears in drama such as BBC One's The Split\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand regularly performs on stage in roles such as a much-praised Scrooge\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein The Old Vic's A Christmas Carol. Stephen presents Portrait\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand Landscape Artist of the Year and new gameshows Password\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand The Fortune Hotel. He is a guest presenter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eon Pointless and Have I Got News for You.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnita Mangan is a successful illustrator and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edesigner whose remarkable artwork sparks with wit and style. 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