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The Christmas Bear

A laugh-out-loud festive lift-the-flap story!

Ian Whybrow author Axel Scheffler illustrator

Format:Board book

Publisher:Pan Macmillan

Published:22nd Sep '16

Should be back in stock very soon

The Christmas Bear cover

A lift-the-flap christmas book!

Join in the festive fun with this bestselling Christmas lift-the-flap adventure!

Join in the festive fun with this funny, rhyming Christmas adventure for preschoolers. With flaps to lift on every page!

When Father Christmas sets off to deliver the presents, poor Bear is left behind in the workshop. How will he make it to Tom's house in time for Christmas morning? Lift the flaps s to find out, as he chases Santa's sleigh through icy seas and snowy forests, all the way from the North Pole to Tom's cosy bedroom.

With a laugh-out-loud text full of witty rhymes and silly scenarios from Ian Whybrow, author of the much-loved Harry and the Bucket Full of Dinosaurs series, and brilliantly funny illustrations by The Gruffalo illustrator Axel Scheffler. The Christmas Bear: A Push, Pull and Slide Book is a Christmas book with a difference – packed full of interactive fun, perfect for little hands.

Enjoy more adventures from Axel Scheffler and Ian Whybrow with The Tickle Book and The Bedtime Bear.

ISBN: 9781509806966

Dimensions: 206mm x 208mm x 15mm

Weight: 360g

10 pages