I Really Want to Help: A chaotically festive Christmas caper!
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
I Really Want to Help: A chaotically festive Christmas caper!
By (Author) Simon Philip
Illustrated by Lucia Gaggiotti
Templar Books
Templar Books
14th October 2025
United Kingdom
Classifications
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Stories in verse
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Self-awareness and self-esteem
Physical Properties
Paperback
40
Width 228mm, Height 265mm
Description
Christmas may be the best time of year, but there's SO MUCH to do. This is what one little girl discovers when she tries to help her parents by doing EVERYTHING herself - with chaotic consequences!
It's Christmas time again! Hooray!
But when I hear my parents say,
"There's just SO much to do!" each day,
I shout, "Don't fret, I'll help!"
They both protest, but I insist
I'm well prepared and have a list
of things to sort so nothing's missed.
I don't need ANY help!
The determined and well-meaning heroine of I Really Want to Help wants to take on all the Christmas preparations, but she soon discovers it's no easy task! A hilarious story from the author of I Really Want the Cake, I Really Want to Win, I Really Want to Shout and I Really Want to Share.
(I REALLY WANT THE CAKE by Simon Philip and Lucia Gaggiotti was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize on 07/02/2018)
Author Bio
Simon Philip (Author)
Simon was born in Chichester in 1988 and has lived there ever since. After studying History at Exeter University, he decided to become a primary school teacher. Teaching rekindled his love of children's books, so much so that he decided to have a go at writing his own. He is the author of I Don't Know What to Call my Cat, You Must Bring a Hat, and the I Really Want series: I Really Want the Cake (2017) shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, I Really Want to Win (2019) I Really Want to Shout (2020) and I Really Want to Share (2022).
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Lucia Gaggiotti (Illustrator)
Lucia Gaggiotti is a London and Italy-based illustrator and graphic designer. She graduated from NABA (New Accademy of Art) in Milan with a BA in graphic design and a specialisation of illustration. She moved to London in 2005 and has been working freelance since then for many clients including Carluccio's, Jamie Oliver, Pizza Express and M&S. She is the illustrator of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize shortlisted I Really Want the Cake.
