One Christmas Wish
One Christmas Wish

One Christmas Wish

Written by Katherine Rundell & illustrated by Emily Sutton
Hardcover
$18.99
$17.97
5 - 9
Reading age
60
Page count
73
Words per page
560L
Lexile measure
Sep 18, 2018
Publication date

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What's This Book About

Publisher Summary

From beloved author Katherine Rundell comes a clever, funny, and poignant picture book about a lonely little boy who wishes not to be alone on Christmas. A young boy’s Christmas Eve wish on a shooting star leads to an adventure with an ever-hungry rocking horse, an angel whose wings are molting, a robin who has forgotten how to sing, and a rusting tin drummer boy in Katherine Rundell’s classic Christmas story, with Emily Sutton’s gorgeous paintings.

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    The artwork is really nice and the story is lovely and festive. You should know, however, that this is really more a book for the chapter book crowd. It's very long, and the illustrations are more decorations on the page than actual elements pushing the story forward.

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The Creatives Behind the Book

    Author
    Katherine Rundell

    Katherine Rundell is the author of Rooftoppers, Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms (a Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winner), The Wolf Wilder, and The Explorer. She grew up in Zimbabwe, Brussels, and London, and is currently a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. She begins each day with a cartwheel and believes that reading is almost exactly the same as cartwheeling: it turns the world upside down and leaves you breathless. In her spare time, she enjoys walking on tightropes and trespassing on the rooftops of Oxford colleges.

    Illustrator
    Emily Sutton

    Emily Sutton was born and raised in the depths of North Yorkshire, England, and graduated from Edinburgh College of Art in 2008. She is the illustrator of the Clara Button books by Amy de la Hay and The Tale of Castle Mice by Michael Bond.

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Book Details

ISBN
9781481491617
Publication Date
September 18, 2018
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Original Publication Date
September 18, 2018
Page Count
60
Words Per Page
73
Audience
Picture
Reading Age
5 - 9 years
Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
2017007159
Lexile® Level
560L
Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
~N
ATOS® Book Level
3.9
Accelerated Reader® Points
1
Accelerated Reader Quiz
197316
Accelerated Reader Interest Level
LG

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