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A Stickler Christmas
  • Published: 5 November 2024
  • ISBN: 9780593815281
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 40
  • RRP: $45.00

A Stickler Christmas

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8 Oct 2024
Hardback
5 Nov 2024
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A holiday picture book from award-winning author/illustrator Lane Smith that features the woodland character, Stickler, who wanders the forest delivering Christmas presents. In a picture book that’s both silly and sweet, readers will be inspired by this story of holiday kindness.

Happy-go-lucky Stickler, an original character covered in sticks, is celebrating Christmas by passing out presents for all his friends.  He has carefully selected the right stick for each of them, including: a Hop-Higher Stick for Rabbit, an Idea Stick for Crow, an In-a-Pear-Tree Stick for Partridge. But Doug-the-Fir doesn’t want a present, he is too worried about being covered with decorations and lights and being the center of attention. So, Stickler promises to think of a solution and finds the perfect stick. But in order to help his shy friend, Stickler needs to be the one to shine.

     A Stickler Christmas encourages empathy and kindness with a joyful, lighthearted touch. Lane Smith, the award-winning author and illustrator of recent picture books, including A Gift for Nana (where Stickler first appears) and Stickler Loves the World, brings imagination and laughter to a clever story featuring a delightful character.
  • Published: 5 November 2024
  • ISBN: 9780593815281
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 40
  • RRP: $45.00
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About the author

Lane Smith

Lane Smith is a five-time recipient of the New York Times Best Illustrated Book award and a two-time Caldecott Honor recipient. In 2012 the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art named him a Carle Artist for “lifelong innovation in the field of children’s picture books,” and in 2014 he was awarded the lifetime achievement award from the Society of Illustrators. He is the illustrator of many books, including The Stinky Cheese Man, and the author/illustrator of It’s a Book, Grandpa Green, and John, Paul, George & Ben, among others. He is married to book designer Molly Leach.
portrait photo of Lane Smith

Also by Lane Smith

A Gift for Nana
A Stickler Valentine
El Muñequito de Queso Apestoso y otros cuentos con demasiadas tontadas (The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales Spanish Edition)
Stickler Loves the World
Princess Hyacinth (The Surprising Tale of a Girl Who Floated)
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
Baloney (Henry P.)
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Praise for A Stickler Christmas

* "A tender holiday tale about gift giving, friendship, low-stakes sacrifice, and celebration. ... Amid many holiday book options that retell the same stories, Stickler stands out as a fresh expression of Christmas spirit." 
—School Library Journal, starred review


Praise for Stickler Loves the World

* "Smith has joined the oddball goofiness of his earlier books with the heart and soul of his more recent stories, and the result is a book as physically beautiful as it is moving.... A buoyant, bristly ode to joy." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review

* "Centering irrepressible joy that’s a force of nature itself, the work lovingly portrays an 'amazing... weird... wonderful' world that’s worth experiencing anew." —Publishers Weekly, starred review


* "A delightful book intended to encourage readers to appreciate the simple beauty of everyday things . . .
—School Library Journal, starred review