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When Santa Got Stuck in a Gum Tree
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The best-selling Aussie Christmas book from Jackie Hosking and Nathaniel Eckstrom, now in board book format for the littlest Christmas kids! It’s Christmas Eve but Santa is stuck in a gum tree! How will he deliver the presents? Luckily, an enthusiastic cast of Aussie animals are...
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Description
The best-selling Aussie Christmas book from Jackie Hosking and Nathaniel Eckstrom, now in board book format for the littlest Christmas kids!
It’s Christmas Eve but Santa is stuck in a gum tree! How will he deliver the presents?
Luckily, an enthusiastic cast of Aussie animals are up for the challenge. But despite their Christmas spirit, unsticking Santa is harder than they thought! Maybe they need a new plan …
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781761603518
Publisher: Walker Books Australia
Format: Board book
Date Published: 01 September 2026
Country: Australia
Imprint: Walker Books Australia
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Nathaniel Eckstrom
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Width: 172.0mm
Height: 190.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 32
About the Author
Jackie Hosking is a Nigerian-born Cornish Australian who moved to Australia when she was ten. Jackie began writing for children after completing a creative writing course at her local community house in a seaside town off The Great Ocean Road in Victoria. In 2012 she was awarded a Maurice Saxby Mentorship and in 2011 she mentored a Maurice Saxby Mentee on writing in rhyme. Her picture book The Croc and the Platypus was published by Walker Books Australia in 2014, followed by An Amazing Australian Road Trip in 2021. In 2019 Jackie was awarded a May Gibbs Creative Time Fellowship where she spent a month in Canberra. Jackie loves to write in rhyme and when she’s not writing in rhyme she enjoys helping others with their rhyme.
Nathaniel Eckstrom is an illustrator based in Sydney, Australia. He has worked on a number of children’s picture books including Stubborn Stanley, The Hole Idea, Roadtrip and The Dress-Box. His previous titles with Walker Books include Duck!, written by Meg McKinlay, and Ten Little Figs, written by Rhian Williams.
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