The Owl Who Came for Christmas - Softcover

Hay, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1529070503 ISBN 13: 9781529070507

Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books, 2025

Synopsis

A heart-warming Christmas tale – inspired by an amazing true animal story.

Christmas is coming, and the decorations are going up…
But one family is about to discover an unexpected visitor snuggled up in their Christmas tree…
A little owl called Rosie!

The Owl Who Came for Christmas is the perfect gift for young animal lovers – and those who love incredible true animal stories. A read-aloud treat from John Hay and Garry Parsons, the illustrator of the bestselling Dinosaur That Pooped series.

With facts about owls and the real events behind the story!

About this title

About the Authors

John Hay is a picture book author who loves funny stories. He first started making them up when his son was small and although his son is now grown up, John still tries to make him laugh. He is the author of The Owl Who Came for Christmas, Fly, Fly, Fly Your Sleigh and The Penguin Who Lost His Way. John lives in London with his wife and two bad cats.

Garry Parsons studied Fine Art at Canterbury and has an MA in Sequential Design from the University of Brighton. Illustrator of the smash-hit Dinosaur that Pooped series of books written by McFly’s Tom Fletcher and Dougie Poynter, Garry’s artwork also regularly appears in magazines and newspapers in Britain and the USA including Vanity Fair, The Times, Men’s Health and Marie Claire. Garry also produces illustrations for advertising and has worked for Proctor and Gamble, Affinity Foods and Harrods. He was listed in The Bookseller as one of 2015’s Top Ten bestselling children’s illustrators in the UK. Garry lives in London.

Edition details

• Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1529070503
• ISBN 13: 9781529070507
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Parsons Garry
• Number of pages: 32