The Great Reindeer Rescue

by Mangan, Stephen | Interest age: from c 8 years
Published 10/10/2024 by Scholastic in the United Kingdom
Paperback | 320 pages
196 x 130 x 23mm | 220g

A high-energy, brilliantly silly, fully illustrated festive

adventure story by much-loved actor Stephen Mangan and talented

artist Anita Mangan.

'Nine- to 12-year-olds will love this funny, fast-paced

story' Good Housekeeping Christmas Gift Guide

It's Christmas Eve and one of Santa's reindeers, Dave, is FED

UP. He's stuck behind boastful Rudolph again and a fart-in-the-face

is the LAST STRAW.

In the commotion, Santa crash lands on the roof of nine-year-old

Holly’s home causing an almighty Christmas lights explosion

that blasts the reindeers to far-flung corners of the Earth.

It’s up to Dave and Holly to fly round the world to rescue

all the reindeers.

Can Holly and Dave get all the reindeers back to Santa

to SAVE CHRISTMAS? 

This funniest festive adventure is a must-read spin on The

Night Before Christmas

From the bestselling creators of The Fart That Changed the

World and The Day I Fell Down the Toilet

A laugh out loud celebration of the magic of Christmas 

Praise for The Great Christmas Reindeer:

'Filled with humour [...] genuinely funny situations which

younger readers will delight in as they root for the story's hero

and heroine as they battle to save Christmas … Wonderfully

illustrated by [Stephen's] sister, Anita, making this a very appealing

choice for readers in KS2 … this would also make

a wonderful shared bedtime read, with adults enjoying much of the

humour too' Jacqui Sydney, book blogger

'From the very first page, readers will laugh out loud at

this off-the-wall tale of Santa's newest reindeer, Dave, and the

trouble he (unintentionally) causes when Rudolph is boastful one

too many times ... The Great Reindeer Rescue is one hilarious event

after another - just the thing for middle grade readers this December!'

Kate Heap, book blogger

'Great addition to the family Christmas library. Will be cheerfully

read again and again by all three generations' Parent

review

'A perfect book for the run to Christmas and my 8 year old

is very much enjoying the story so far. Plenty of humour and some

lovely illustrations too!' Parent review

'Fun, engaging and full of Christmas spirit' Parent

review

More Praise for Stephen & Anita's books:

'Brilliant, clever, kind of genius'

Graham Norton

 'Manages to feel both classic and modern at the same

time' Good Housekeeping

 'A beautiful and exciting adventure that ignites the

imagination' Edith Bowman

Stephen Mangan is a bestselling author, actor

and presenter. His comic gift is seen in shows such as Green

Wing, I'm Alan Partridge and Episodes.

Stephen appears in drama such as BBC One's The Split

and regularly performs on stage in roles such as a much-praised Scrooge

in The Old Vic's A Christmas Carol. Stephen presents Portrait

and Landscape Artist of the Year and new gameshows Password

and The Fortune Hotel. He is a guest presenter

on Pointless and Have I Got News for You.

Anita Mangan is a successful illustrator and

designer whose remarkable artwork sparks with wit and style. She

worked for Comic Relief before becoming a designer and illustrator.

Since then, she has worked on award-winning books and

the bestselling 'Be a Unicorn, Sloth, Flamingo...' series

- as well as illustrating Stephen's children's novels.

Stephen and Anita have appeared together on Celebrity Gogglebox