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: Now a major film
By (Author) Matt Haig
Illustrated by Chris Mould
Canongate Books
Canongate Books
2nd November 2021
28th October 2021
Tie-In - Film tie-in
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)
Paperback
288
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 18mm
195g
BELIEVE IN THE IMPOSSIBLE
You are about to read the TRUE STORY of Father Christmas.
If you believe that some things are impossible, you should put this book down right away.
(Because this book is FULL of impossible things.)
Are you still reading Good.
Then let us begin . . .
'The most evergreen, immortal Christmas story for decades' - STEPHEN FRY
'Terrific . . . An instant classic' - Guardian
'Every bit as funny and poignant as a mouse that has never seen cheese but still believes in it!' - FRANK COTTRELL BOYCE
'A glorious mix of fairytale, folklore and fun' - FRANCESCA SIMON
'A Christmas classic for a new generation, Haig's gentle, enthralling tale tells the story of Father Christmas as a boy . . . Touching, funny and packed with memorable characters' - Sunday Mail
As well as being a number one bestselling writer for adults, Matt Haig has won the Blue Peter Book Award, the Smarties Book Prize and been nominated three times for the Carnegie Medal for his stories for children. In 2021, A Boy Called Christmas was released as a feature film with an all-star cast. He has sold more than two million books in the UK and his work has been translated into over forty languages.
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.