Christmas at the Toy Museum: a fairytale
by David Lucas
It is Christmas Eve and no-one has left any presents for the toys in the toy museum! Bunting, the toy cat, suggests they wrap each other up and give themselves to each other. Everyone is wrapped except for Bunting, so he climbs into a box and shuts his eyes tight.
On Christmas morning the toys unwrap each other. Bunting is unwrapped, but there aren’t any parcels left for him to open. He has no present! The kind angel on the top of the tree flies down with a special box for Bunting. When he opens it, out pops a wishing star. Bunting wishes that Christmas Day could last forever – and so it does!
A charming Christmas story with evocative illustrations.
Publisher: Walker Books
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David Lucas
David Lucas was born in Middlesbrough and grew up in Hackney, in east London. His stories are a mix of fairytale and autobiography, and his aim in all his work is to communicate his belief that the world is a magical place. As a child he enjoyed drawing and writing, and he went on to study at St Martin’s School of Art and then the Royal College of Art. He enjoys football, cooking and history.
In 2008 he was chosen as one of Booktrust's Best New Illustrators, as part of their Big Picture initiative. Halibut Jackson was 'favourite children's book of 2004' on Amazon.com, and picked as one of the top 10 children's books of that year (across all genres) by both Publisher's Weekly and Child magazine in the US. David currently lives in Lewes in East Sussex.Read an interview with David.
http://www.davidlucas.org.uk/
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