Available Formats
Hardback, Main
Published: 18th November 2015
Paperback, Main
Published: 23rd November 2016
Paperback, Tie-In - Film tie-in
Published: 2nd November 2021
A Boy Called Christmas
By (Author) Matt Haig
Illustrated by Chris Mould
Canongate Books
Canongate Books
18th November 2015
Main
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Fantasy
823.92
Short-listed for Sheffield Children's Book Award 2016 (UK)
Hardback
272
Width 138mm, Height 204mm, Spine 27mm
344g
You are about to read the true story of Father Christmas.
It is a story that proves that nothing is impossible.
If you are one of those people who believe that some things are impossible, you should put this book down right away. It is most certainly not for you. Because this book is FULL of impossible things. Are you still reading Good. Then let us begin . . .
A tale of adventure, snow, kidnapping, elves, more snow, and an eleven-year-old boy called Nikolas, who isn't afraid to believe in magic.
* Matt Haig is astounding -- STEPHEN FRY * A fascinating and magical tale. This is an outstanding piece of literature THE TIMES, on SHADOW FOREST * A clawed masterpiece GUARDIAN, on TO BE A CAT
As well as being a bestselling writer for adults, Matt Haig has won the Blue Peter Book Award, the Smarties Award and been short-listed three times for the Carnegie Medal for his stories for children and young adults. Chris Mould went to art school at the age of sixteen. He has won the Nottingham Children's Book Award and been commended by the Sheffield Children's Book Award. He loves his work and likes to write and draw the kind of books that he would have liked to have had on his shelf as a boy. He is married with two children and lives in Yorkshire.