The Christmas train
The night before Christmas is here once again. The North Pole is waiting, let's climb on the train. The Christmas Train follows the journey of a brother and sister as they journey towards Santa's home in the North Pole. As they travel, they experience all of the magic Christmas has to offer, from ca...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Wurundjeri Country ; Richmond, Victoria :
Little Hare,
2023.
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| Summary: | The night before Christmas is here once again. The North Pole is waiting, let's climb on the train. The Christmas Train follows the journey of a brother and sister as they journey towards Santa's home in the North Pole. As they travel, they experience all of the magic Christmas has to offer, from candy cane trees to gingerbread houses and everything in between! |
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| Physical Description: | 31 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Audience: | Preschool. |
| ISBN: | 9781761210525 1761210521 |
| Author Notes: | Mike Lucas is an author of picture books and young adult novels. His YA fiction has been shortlisted for the Readings Book Prize, CBCA Book of the Year Award and the Prime Minister's Literary Award. His picture book, Where is Cheeky Monster? won the 2025 Speech Pathology Award for children from birth to 3 years. Mike presents writing and poetry workshops at schools, owns a bookshop in Blackwood, South Australia, and works as a full-time engineer. He has very little time to sleep, but often thinks up a poem or two while he does. Mike's partnership with illustrator Sofya Karmazina includes The Bookshop on Lemon Tree Lane and the beloved and bestselling modern classic, The Christmas Train . Sofya Karmazina is a book designer and illustrator currently living in Spain who has illustrated many books for children. Sofya works traditionally in mixed media, creating richly textured illustrations with a strong sense of atmosphere and space . Sofya was shortlisted for the Children's Book Council of Australia New Illustrator Award (2021) and Book of the Year (2025), and she received the Established Illustrator: Highly Commended prize in the SCBWI Australian Picture Book Illustrator Awards (2024). Sofya's partnership with author Mike Lucas includes The Bookshop on Lemon Tree Lane and the beloved and bestselling modern classic, The Christmas Train . |
