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The Chicken Who Saved Christmas
Glittery pages as sparkling as snowflakes, shiny spot-laminated pictures that shimmer and bounce, absolutely adorable illustrations, and one smart chicken: with its fun and festive surprises, this lively story makes the perfect Christmas book.
Achoo! Santa’s got a cold and it’s Christmas Eve. With his sniffles and sneezes and nose red as Rudolph’s, how can he deliver his gifts to all good girls and boys? What a calamity. Can one tiny chicken come to the rescue and get Santa off the ground and on his way? Sure she can, with a little loving care and the help of her barnyard friends. Children will cheer the quick-witted hen and her resourceful pals-and they’ll love the bright illustrations and special glittery spread at the back.
Achoo! Santa’s got a cold and it’s Christmas Eve. With his sniffles and sneezes and nose red as Rudolph’s, how can he deliver his gifts to all good girls and boys? What a calamity. Can one tiny chicken come to the rescue and get Santa off the ground and on his way? Sure she can, with a little loving care and the help of her barnyard friends. Children will cheer the quick-witted hen and her resourceful pals-and they’ll love the bright illustrations and special glittery spread at the back.
32 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2003
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About the author
Daniel Howarth
195 books16 followersDaniel Howarth started drawing from a very early age and went on to study Art at college and then university. He graduated with a degree in Illustration in 1994 and started creating his own range of greetings cards with his wife and fellow children's author, Heidi Howarth, whom he met at university. Daniel works from his studio in Exeter and enjoys the wealth of inspiration and imagination that comes from living deep in the Devon countryside with his wife and two children.
- excerpted from Little Tiger Press
You can find him at Etsy and on Facebook.
- excerpted from Little Tiger Press
You can find him at Etsy and on Facebook.
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December 6, 2017
It was Christmas Eve and as the sun shone into the hen house, the chicken awoke with happy thoughts of Christmas and wandered out into the farmyard.
There was nobody in the farmyard, the sleigh was muddy and empty, the harnesses hung on the wall and Chicken could see that the reindeer were fast asleep. 'Has everyone forgotten about Christmas?' thought Chicken.
Worried, Chicken went off to seek Santa and found him ill in bed, too ill to deliver Christmas presents. 'Calamity,' she thought and rushed off to tell the other animals. Chicken first went to the reindeer only to be told that they were too tired to do anything and they suggested that she should go and ask the other animals to help her.
She made an emergency call for all the animals to report to the big barn immediately and at once the silent farm was alive with sleepy animals making their way to the barn. Chicken explained what had happened and told all the animals that they had to help her make Christmas happen.
Needless to say the animals worked very hard to save Christmas; horse and pig loaded the presents, the mice got the harnesses ready and the sheep polished the sleigh. Then Chicken took goat, duck, cat and cow with her to get Santa ready and well enough to drive the sleigh.
They succeeded and Santa boarded the sleigh only to find there were no reindeer so Chicken rushed to the stable only to find that the reindeer hadn't been fed and that they declared that it was too late then as they could never fly on a full stomach.
'Christmas is doomed,' shouted all the animals but Chicken was undaunted and she said that they would pull the sleigh between them. Cow was surprised and pig was scared but they all knew better than to argue with Chicken.
So the farm animals were harnessed up to the sleigh and Santa raised his hand and showered the animals with stars (splendidly represented in the book by plenty of glitter). Suddenly the horse, the goat, the cow, the sheep, the pig and the cat could fly and they circled the farm in a practice run before flying off into the night.
Chicken meanwhile occupied pride of place next to Santa - she puffed up her feathers knowing that she had saved Christmas!
This is a lovely seasonal book (I am sure my friend's little girl, for whom I bought it as a present, will like it), beautifully illustrated by Daniel Howarth and with a plethora of glitter in the final pages!
There was nobody in the farmyard, the sleigh was muddy and empty, the harnesses hung on the wall and Chicken could see that the reindeer were fast asleep. 'Has everyone forgotten about Christmas?' thought Chicken.
Worried, Chicken went off to seek Santa and found him ill in bed, too ill to deliver Christmas presents. 'Calamity,' she thought and rushed off to tell the other animals. Chicken first went to the reindeer only to be told that they were too tired to do anything and they suggested that she should go and ask the other animals to help her.
She made an emergency call for all the animals to report to the big barn immediately and at once the silent farm was alive with sleepy animals making their way to the barn. Chicken explained what had happened and told all the animals that they had to help her make Christmas happen.
Needless to say the animals worked very hard to save Christmas; horse and pig loaded the presents, the mice got the harnesses ready and the sheep polished the sleigh. Then Chicken took goat, duck, cat and cow with her to get Santa ready and well enough to drive the sleigh.
They succeeded and Santa boarded the sleigh only to find there were no reindeer so Chicken rushed to the stable only to find that the reindeer hadn't been fed and that they declared that it was too late then as they could never fly on a full stomach.
'Christmas is doomed,' shouted all the animals but Chicken was undaunted and she said that they would pull the sleigh between them. Cow was surprised and pig was scared but they all knew better than to argue with Chicken.
So the farm animals were harnessed up to the sleigh and Santa raised his hand and showered the animals with stars (splendidly represented in the book by plenty of glitter). Suddenly the horse, the goat, the cow, the sheep, the pig and the cat could fly and they circled the farm in a practice run before flying off into the night.
Chicken meanwhile occupied pride of place next to Santa - she puffed up her feathers knowing that she had saved Christmas!
This is a lovely seasonal book (I am sure my friend's little girl, for whom I bought it as a present, will like it), beautifully illustrated by Daniel Howarth and with a plethora of glitter in the final pages!
October 25, 2012
Awww... the bossy chicken saves christmas! Cute drawings, lots of teamwork, lazy reindeer, a nursed back to health Santa and just in time! I could see how kids would love this book. I did! Very cute and sweet.
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