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 Escape the
Rooms 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
