The perfect festive story for readers aged 8 to 8,888!
Meet the HUMBUG Family!
Christmas Elves, but not as we know them...
The Humbugs aren´t the kind of family you see on sparkly wrapping paper, or in snowy storybooks about Santa´s grotto. You won´t see them on the front of Christmas cards, and they definitely won´t be knitted on your grandma´s favourite festive jumper. Those happy scenes are only for the likes of the workshop elves and certainly not the Humbugs.
Nope!
They manage a much less glamorous part of Santa´s factory, the RPD Department... That´s Reindeer Poo Disposal to you and me. YUCK!
But when a mince-pie-related-mishap combined with an unfortunate letter-losing-incident sees them exiled from their home, the Humbugs - together with their clumsy Reindeer, Blister, and wheelie-bin sleigh - go on a great and daring adventure, where they discover the true meaning of Christmas, and the real heroes who make it special!
"A perfect Christmas stocking present - a very funny, festive page-turner." - Jacqueline Wilson, author of The Story of Tracy Beaker
"Humbug is that rare book: funny, original, thought-provoking, and an instant classic." - Francesca Simon, author of Horrid Henry
"An exquisite Christmas story, full of imagination and heart. For the whole family to read year-after-year!" - Amy Huberman, author of The Day I Got Trapped In My Brain
"You´ll laugh, you´ll cry, you´ll need a mince pie - a new Christmas classic!" - Steven Lenton, author and illustrator of Genie and Teeny