Welcome to our Christmas Gift Guide 2019 How Winston Delivered Christmas. This is a interactive title to engage young readers throughout the holiday season:
How Winston Delivered Christmas is published by Alex T. Smith for (Silver Dolphin Books; 9/17/19; ISBN: 978-1684129836; Hardcover $17.99; Ages 6-8; 176 pages).
I would like to let you know How Winston Delivered Christmas is supposed to be for Children 6 to 8 but Charlie is going on 12 and he enjoyed the story a lot. As well as my niece Lily who is 4.
Even the adults from myself and my husband to my sister and her son ( my nephew) and his wife my nice Alyssa loved How Winston Delivered Christmas and couldn’t put the book down at night.
I love how How Winston Delivered Christmas is broken down into sections and you read one chapter each day leading up to Christmas Day. By reading one chapter a day the children don’t get overwhelmed or bored and not want to sit still.
Having a activity to do each night with the chapter you read allows families to spend time together creating memories that will last a life time. I like having the crafts because it keeps us off the Electronics.
Even when not reading the book the activities can be used throughout the year. You could even host a small part and invite your children’s friends over to do the activities with you.
Preview:
When a mouse named Winston finds a lost letter addressed to Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, he sets off an unforgettable journey to personally deliver the letter to Santa!
How Winston Delivered Christmas is a heart-warming story, organized in twenty-four and a half chapters, to share during the countdown to Christmas.
Starting on December 1st, children can read a chapter a day, and each chapter is followed with a fun and festive holiday activity to complete. This illustrated advent story tells of the adventures of an adorable mouse and how a good deed can lead to a very happy ending, in a beautiful hardcover that can be treasured year after year.
From Alex T. Smith, bestselling author of the Claude series, comes How Winston Delivered Christmas – the irresistible story of the brave little mouse who sets out on an adventure on Christmas Eve.
Featuring beautiful colour artwork from the author and Christmassy activities to make-and-do throughout, this gorgeous book is sure to become a festive family tradition that will be enjoyed year after year.
Winston the mouse is on a Very Important Mission. On Christmas Eve, he finds a letter that has gotten lost on its way to Father Christmas – so, with no time to lose, he sets out to deliver it himself in time for Christmas Day!
He has a lot of Very Exciting Adventures on his Very Important Mission and makes some wonderful friends along the way. Each chapter includes it’s very own festive activity for all the family to enjoy together – including writing a letter to Father Christmas, making mince pies, designing your very own Christmas cards, making presents, creating decorations, and so much more!
This beautiful hardback features a festively foiled jacket, a ribbon marker and head and tail bands, making it the perfect Christmas gift.
After considering several career options (space traveler, cake maker, professional rabbit) and working as a production assistant for an outdoor theatre events company, Alex decided to train to do the job he’d wanted to do since he was five – an illustrator specialising in the world of children’s publishing.
Alex graduated with a 1st Class Hons degree in Illustration in 2006 and having won second place in the Macmillan Prize for Children’s Picture Book Illustration in his final year, Alex begin working on his first commission as he put his degree show up!
Since then Alex has gone on to work for a wide variety of clients not just in the publishing industry, as well as writing and illustrating his own picture books, many of which have won prizes and have been read on TV during the Bedtime Hour on the CBeebies channel.
Alex is also the creator of the CLAUDE fiction series for early readers. The first title,CLAUDE in the City was selected for the Richard and Judy Children’s Book Club 2011 and was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize in 2012. The first three books in the series are now published in fourteen languages across the world and a further three books will be hitting the shelves from October 2012.
When not working Alex enjoys doodling in his sketchbook, reading, people watching and eavesdropping. He is also a big fan of cake and a nice cup of tea. He lives with and under the constant ‘supervision’ of his canine companions – two very tiny, very naughty chihuahuas (Coco and Mr. Bongo) and an ancient and very bossy Yorkshire Terrier – Lucy Locket.
He is represented in the UK and USA by Arena Illustration
www.arenaillustration.com
You can also follow Alex on Twitter
@Alex_T_Smith
Selection of Awards and Nominatons:
Highly Commended – Macmillan Prize for Children’s Picture Book Illustration 2005
2nd Prize -Macmillan Prize for Children’s Picture Book Illustration 2006
Shortlisted, Best Emerging Illustrator – The Book Trust 2008
Longlisted – The Greenaway Medal, 2009
Nominated – Blue Spruce Award (Canada)
Winner, Picture Book Category – Coventry Inspiration Book Awards
Winner – Dundee Children’s Book Award 2011
Winner – Stockport Children’s Book Award 2011
Shortlisted- Sheffield Children’s Book Award 2011
Longlisted – The Greenaway Medal, 20013 (Two Books)
Shortlisted: AOI Illustration Awards 2013 (Children’s Book category)
Publishing Clients Include:
Faber Children’s Books
Hodder Children’s Books
Macmillan Children’s Books
Meadowside Children’s Books
NordSud Books (Europe)
Scholastic Children’s Books
Simon and Schuster Children’s Books (UK)
Other Clients Include:
Bookstart
Penny Black
Scholastic Education
The Guardian Guide
Woman’s Weekly
Waitrose
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
