Sprouts

Name: Sprouts
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9781526639424
Price: 19.99 NZD
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By Sibéal Pounder

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Join a fantastic, futuristic and chaos-filled adventure where Christmas has snowballed and is celebrated every day! A perfect paperback gift for fans of Sibéal Pounder’s Tinsel and Christmas-obsessed children everywhere. In the year 4024, Christmas is everywhere. Santa Claus rules the world and the Big Day... Read More

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Join a fantastic, futuristic and chaos-filled adventure where Christmas has snowballed and is celebrated every day! Perfect for fans of Sibéal Pounder’s Tinsel and Christmas-obsessed children everywhere

Description

Join a fantastic, futuristic and chaos-filled adventure where Christmas has snowballed and is celebrated every day! A perfect paperback gift for fans of Sibéal Pounder’s Tinsel and Christmas-obsessed children everywhere.

In the year 4024, Christmas is everywhere. Santa Claus rules the world and the Big Day happens EVERY DAY! There are holographic elves to grant your wishes, travel is by flying sleigh, and all food is served as candy canes, in any flavour you can imagine!

Not everyone gets to celebrate 24/7 though. Gryla Garland is a witch banished to the Mince Pie Isles, where Christmas comes but once a year. All she’s ever wished for is to join the festive world.

But when Santa’s daughter, Merrilee Claus, comes crashing into her life, Gryla realises Christmas every day might not be such a good thing after all. With the real magic of Christmas long forgotten, it’s up to Gryla, Merrilee and a lot of sprouts, to bring the magic back …

‘I absolutely ADORED it! A really funny, clever, brilliant play on all the Christmas tropes. It just has to be made into a movie!’ - Emma Carroll on Tinsel

‘Very sparkly storytelling and a lovely portrayal of friendship’ - Hilary McKay on Tinsel

‘Joyful and hilarious. I loved every moment of it.’ - Stephanie Burgis on Tinsel

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781526639424

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 09 October 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Childrens Books

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 210g

Pages: 256

Collections

Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s & Teenage Non-Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Sibéal Pounder Young Adult

About the Author

Sibéal Pounder is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the much-loved and highly successful children’s fiction series Witch Wars, Bad Mermaids and Neon’s Secret UNIverse, and the Christmas hit Tinsel. She has also written Beyond Platform 13, the sequel to The Secret of Platform 13 by Eva Ibbotson, and the novelisation of the film Wonka. Her World Book Day book Bad Mermaids Meet the Witches was a Sunday Times bestseller, and Witch Wars was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize and the Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Award.

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