The Nightmare Before Christmas

Oct 9, 2024 5:24 PM

Author:Tim Burton,Tim Burton

Jack Skellington is the most important figure in Halloween Town and for years he has delighted in organising macabre tricks and frights for Halloween. But this year he doesn't feel right - there must be more to life than scaring people? Then Jack stumbles upon a cheerful, colourful place called Christmas Town and he knows what he must do - he will bring Christmas to Halloween!

This is the first book written and illustrated by the incomparable visionary Tim Burton.

Reviews

Witty, funny, wise and altogether delightful.

—— Locus

Pratchett gives his cast plenty of personality and fuels the plot with nonstop comedy.

—— Kirkus Reviews

A wild, lyrical tale.

—— Nizrana Farook, author of The Girl Who Stole an Elephant

Wildly exciting and wickedly whimsical.

—— Hana Tooke, author of The Unadoptables

An absolutely enchanting tale.

—— Tamzin Merchant, author of The Hatmakers

Absolutely wonderful

—— Emma Carroll, author of Letters from the Lighthouse

An engaging ode to the bonds of family and friendship, the power of teamwork, and the magic that we all have inside ourselves

—— Booklist

Action-packed . . . Engaging

—— Publishers Weekly

Delightfully festive . . . Warm, imaginative, and brimming with Christmas magic

—— Carlie Sorosiak

This reimagining of A Christmas Carol is simply spellbinding

—— iNews

This is a beautiful, magical adventure

—— Tricia Adams , Lovereading4kids

A dazzling feat of imagination. Enchanting: I was bewitched

—— Saga Magazine

Catherine Doyle's delightful novel moves deftly from melancholy to "jolly holly", genial all the way

—— Financial Times

An instant Christmas classic

—— The Irish Times

Action-packed, full of imagination...uplifting

—— The Independent

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