King Winter's Birthday

Jonathan Freedland author Emily Sutton illustrator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Pushkin Press

Published:8th Oct '26

Should be back in stock very soon

King Winter's Birthday cover

An achingly beautiful, timeless picture book by bestselling author Jonathan Freedland and illustrated by Emily Sutton, inspired by a story from Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz, author of The Passenger

It's King Winter's birthday, and he wants his party to be really special. He asks all of his brothers and sisters to be there: Queen Spring, King Summer and Queen Autumn.

But the wind and the trees whisper a warning, and as the four play magical games, something strange begins to happen outside.

Inspired by a story from Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz, written while he was interned on the Isle of Man during the Second World War, this timeless fairy tale is a celebration of nature's rhythms, and of a chaotic world restored to balance.

King Winter's Birthday is beautiful... thought provoking message in a festive package that you could easily read on the sofa on Christmas afternoon -- Nicola Davies

ISBN: 9781782695677

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Weight: unknown

40 pages