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I Am Wishing Every Minute for Christmas

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A completely NEW and original Charlie and Lola picture book.

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ISBN: 9781398542792 Category: Children's - Picture Books Tags: Children's / Teenage f, Children's / Teenage fiction: Animal stories, Children's / Teenage fiction: Family & home stories, Children's / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories, Children's / Teenage personal & social issues: Emotions, Children's picture books, Early years: numbers & counting, Early years: time & seasons, Picture books: character books, Picture storybooks, Picture storybooks: Imagination & play
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A completely NEW and original picture book to celebrate 25 years of the iconic Charlie and Lola!

I have this little sister Lola. She is small and very funny. 
If Lola even thinks about Christmas she can’t sit still on her chair. 
If you BREATHE the word Christmas she hops up and down.
If you say, “Christmas is coming,” she just runs round and round.

Lola is wishing every minute for Christmas, but it is a long way away and too far to wait. Can her brother Charlie think of some clever ways to make the time pass more quickly? 

Find out in this hugely relatable and funny story about how to wait for something when you really can’t wait from bestselling and award-winning Lauren Child.

  • Satisfying, stylish storytelling from a true picture book original
  • The return of beloved siblings Charlie and Lola, stars of the BAFTA award-winning CBeebies TV series
  • The perfect book to kickstart your Christmas countdown

‘Lauren Child is a star…’ The Guardian

Other original Charlie and Lola picture books by Lauren Child:

I Will Not Ever Never Eat a Tomato
I Am Too Absolutely Small for School
I Am Not Sleepy and I Will Not Go to Bed
Slightly Invisible
One Thing
A Dog with Nice Ears

 

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Author

Child, Lauren

Publisher

Simon & Schuster Children's

Imprint

Simon & Schuster Children's

Cover

Hardback

Pages

40

Language

English

Edition

Hardback original

Dewey

823.92 (edition:23)

Readership

Children – juvenile / Code: J

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