Tracey Corderoy‘s fun-filled festive adventure Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam: Santa’s Stolen Sleigh has featured in the Times list of 42 best books for children 2021.

Praised as “jaunty seasonal fun with jolly illustrations” by Alex O’Connell, Santa’s Stolen Sleigh is the fifth and latest instalment in the popular Shifty and Sam picture book series. It sees Shifty and Sam race to save Christmas when the elves fall ill and a mysterious stranger named Flo Frost promises to ‘help’…

Santa’s Stolen Sleigh is out now. Grab it here or, better, via your local bookshop or Bookshop.org.

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