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Includes: - Letter from the author - ‘12 Days of Cheer’ challenge - Design your own Christmas apron - Colouring in sheet - Cut out snowflake - Christmas quiz https://www.meltaylorbessent.com/school-visits daily 0.75 2025-01-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f9d8377c040c676a71f2b16/1635145468905-QFOSMLAUU6BWOVDNWENP/Mel+Taylor-Bessent+Author+Events.JPG School Visits https://www.meltaylorbessent.com/thechristmascarrolls daily 0.75 2025-01-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f9d8377c040c676a71f2b16/1631045926352-A0NXC17YL5RGNGHWJVQY/The+Christmas+Carrolls+by+Mel+Taylor-Bessent%2C+illustrated+by+Selom+Sunu.JPG The Christmas Carrolls - Wish it could be Christmas every day? Well, for nine-year-old Holly Carroll and her family, it is! Living her merriest life in a house with year-round fairy lights and Christmas trees, a carol-singing toilet and a diva donkey who thinks he’s a reindeer, home-schooled Holly tries to spread cheer wherever she goes. But when she goes to school with a singing Santa backpack, sleigh-shaped sandwiches and first day Christmas cards (during a heatwave in September!), she realises not everyone shares her enthusiasm for spreading cheer. In fact, when the neighbours petition to remove the Carrolls from the street, Holly’s new friend, Archer, tells her to tone down the tinsel, and she discovers a group of children that may not get a Christmas at all, Holly’s snowglobe world begins to crack. 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Download some of Nick Carroll's Christmas recipes here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f9d8377c040c676a71f2b16/5b450103-62a6-4584-adbc-29ab22b5eaf8/Snow%27s+Wrapping+Tips.jpg Resources Get wrapping tips from the professional present wrapper, Snow Carroll! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f9d8377c040c676a71f2b16/45b956f7-894b-47cf-a89b-ae5b987f3a12/Colouring+Sheets.jpg Resources Grab some pens or pencils and enjoy this Carrolls colouring-in sheet