“This festive story is timeless”
- Woman's Weekly
A gorgeously illustrated celebration of creativity, upcycling
and Christmas magic!
It's Christmas Eve at Lily's new house, but Lily misses the old
one. Then, in a moment of magic, she is whisked away to the North
Pole! Santa's elfbots need her help to invent new toys from used,
discarded ones.
Lily comes to learn that with a dash of imagination, she can make
anything - even, perhaps, a new home...
The perfect give for young budding engineers who love to
invent things!
Perfect for fans of The Polar Express and Rosie Revere,
Engineer.
This is the picture-book debut of Vashti Hardy, the Blue-Peter-Book-Award-winning
author of children's novels known for their
distinctive fusion of imagination and invention. Illustrator and
rising star Katie Cottle was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's
Book Prize.
Vashti Hardy was a primary school teacher for several years and has always had a keen interest in children's writing, leading to her MA in Creative Writing from the University of Chichester. Vashti is an alumni member and writing buddy of The Golden Egg Academy, and her books Brightstorm and the award-winning Wildspark are critically acclaimed. Vashti l
More about Vashti HardyKatie is an illustrator and print-maker living and working in Bristol. Her work is mainly based around a narrative and often informed by the marks and colours created through traditional lithography. She also works digitally, using an iPad, and occasionally paints with gouache.
Katie won the Batsford Prize for children book illustration with her story 'Ho
