Available Formats
Paperback, Main - Re-issue
Published: 30th September 2025
Hardback, Main
Published: 31st October 2023
Merry Whatmas
By (Author) Eoin McLaughlin
Illustrated by Polly Dunbar
Faber & Faber
Faber & Faber
30th September 2025
Main - Re-issue
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories
823.92
Paperback
32
Width 255mm, Height 260mm, Spine 10mm
200g
With over A QUARTER OF A MILLION copies sold in the series, everyone's favourite Hedgehog and Tortoise are BACK with the message that Christmas is about being with the ones you love.
'Merry Christmas!' said Fox.
'Merry whatmas' said Hedgehog.
'Merry whichmas' said Tortoise.
You see, it was Hedgehog and Tortoise's first Christmas.
So they didn't know what Christmas was.
Fox thinks Christmas is about presents, Badger thinks it's about pudding, Magpie thinks it's about singing . . . Tortoise and Hedgehog begin to feel rather overwhelmed with all the noise and fuss. But in a quiet moment of reflection they learn the most important lesson of all: Christmas is about being with the ones you love.
Eoin McLaughlin was born in Ireland and now lives in Mauritius with his family. The Hug - a bestseller - was his debut picture book. He also wrote, amongst others, While We Can't Hug, The Longer the Wait, the Bigger the Hug, The Roar, Secret Agent Elephant and The Case of the Missing Cake.
Polly Dunbar is one of the best-known illustrators working in the UK. Her picture books such as The Hug, While We Can't Hug and Penguin are bestselling and have won numerous awards. When she's not making books she likes to make puppets. She lives in Suffolk with her family.