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  • Published: 25 October 2007
  • ISBN: 9780141955162
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 128

Why Does Santa Ride Around in a Sleigh?

. . . and Other Christmas Questions



• A great stocking filler for 7+ age group

• All children's questions about Christmas traditions and customs answered

• A non-fiction book that celebrates the traditions of Christmas in a fun, light-hearted way.

A cool Christmas-themed book for girls and boys that explains the reasons for and the stories behind our festive celebrations and traditions. Why does Father Christmas have three different names? Was there ever really a Good King Wenceslas? Why do we eat mince pies? These questions and many more are answered along with a fun make-and-do Christmas activity. Entertaining and informative, the book is illustrated throughout in black and white.

  • Published: 25 October 2007
  • ISBN: 9780141955162
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 128

About the author

Kay Woodward

Kay Woodward was born in Barrow-in-Furness, and attended the University of Brighton where she studied for a BA in Applied Language. She writes under both her maiden name, Kay Barnham, and her married name, Kay Woodward. She is an established author, famous for writing many Frederick Warne Flower Fairies titles, as well as books for the BBC, Puffin and Scholastic. Her first teen-novel, Jane Airhead, published by Andersen Press in 2009. She now lives in Hampshire with her husband and daughter.

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