by HilaryMcKay (Author), Amanda Harvey (Illustrator)
Bella made Christmas decorations, sung carols and even met Santa Claus, but that wasn't Christmas! She baked mince pies, iced the cake and decorated the tree, but that wasn't Christmas either. Bella bought presents for mum and dad, hung Christmas nuts for the birds and made a snowman, and still Christmas hadn't arrived. She left a glass a wine for Santa Claus, a carrot for the reindeer and hung her stocking up. Was that Christmas?
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 32
Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
Published: 15 Nov 2001
ISBN 10: 0340682884
ISBN 13: 9780340682883
Children’s book age: 5-7 Years
Book Overview: Hilary McKay's first novel The Exiles won the Guardian Fiction prize. The illustrator Amanda Harvey has previously won the Mother Goose Award for her work.
Hilary McKay won the Guardian Children's Award with her first novel, The Exiles. Her subsequent work has achieved similar recognition - The Exiles at Home won the Smarties Prize and the Dog Friday trilogy was critically acclaimed.
A graduate of Botany and Zoology from St Andrews University, Hilary now writes full-time. She lives in Derbyshire with her husband and children.