The Empty Stocking

Jan 12, 2025 5:51 AM

Author:Richard Curtis,Rebecca Cobb

The Empty Stocking

The Empty Stocking is a brilliantly funny Christmas story by Richard Curtis and Rebecca Cobb.

In this fantastically funny and heartwarming story by Richard Curtis, scriptwriter of Four Weddings and a Funeral and Love Actually, it's Christmas Eve and there's one very important question on everyone's mind - have YOU been good this year? For twins Sam and Charlie this is a big worry. Charlie has been especially naughty and everyone is sure that she won't get any presents AT ALL. But when Santa makes a mistake, it's up to Charlie to put things right...

Richard Curtis is an award-winning and international film-director and scriptwriter, and the creator of Four Weddings and a Funeral, Love Actually, Notting Hill and Mr Bean.

Award-winning illustrator Rebecca Cobb graduated from Falmouth College of Arts in 2004. She has collaborated with the Gruffalo author Julia Donaldson and Orange-Prize-winner Helen Dunmore.

Reviews

Ideal for wild children - beautifully illustrated, with great information, maps and data... it's top bedtime reading for young nature geeks

—— Chris Packham

Beautiful ... Marotta profiles the world's amazing but at-risk creatures

—— Independent

Invites young readers into a zoo filled with rare yellow-eye penguins, Gobi bears and giant anteaters ... it will, no doubt, instill an appreciation for the diversity of life.

—— Smithsonian Magazine

A gorgeous celebration of the animal kingdom

—— Dwell

Beautiful

—— Joanna Lumley

Animals adapt so well to art with all their God-given beauty - and such art goes over well with curious children hungry to know more about the natural world ... Millie pairs beautiful images with information on the showcased fauna ... Intoxicating

—— Digital Arts

A menagerie of bright and colourful creatures

—— Big Issue

Beautifully illustrated

—— Guardian

Gorgeous ... teaches kids about the plight of endangered animals

—— Fast Company

This is a book to be treasured by anyone who wants to enjoy the creative process

—— Stylist on Millie Marotta's Animal Kingdom

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