Book description
It is the day before Christmas and the toys in Mr Blossom's shop know
it is their last chance to be sold. Holly, a little doll dressed
especially for Christmas, wishes hard for her own special child to come
and buy her. But the day ends and Holly is left in the window. Early on
Christmas morning, a little lost girl finds herself outside the toyshop.
Ivy has never had a doll to love. Or a family to love her. When she sees
Holly, she knows that this doll is meant for her. And Holly knows that
this girl is the one that she was wishing for. But Ivy has no money, and
the shop is closed. There will be no Christmas Day for Holly and Ivy -
will there?
Rumer Godden was one of the UK's most distinguished authors. She
wrote many well-known for adults and children, including THE DOLLS'
HOUSE and THE DIDDAKOI, which won the Whitbread Children's Books Award
in 1972. THE STORY OF HOLLY AND IVY was first published by Macmillan
in 1958. Rumer was awarded the OBE in 1993 and died in 1998, aged
ninety.
Christian Birmingham is one of the most outstanding children's
books illustrators of his generation. He has been shortlisted for the
Mother Goose Award, the Kurt Maschler Award, the Kate Greenaway Medal
and the Smarties Book Prize. His line drawings illustrate many
best-selling novels by the Children's Laureate, Michael Morpurgo.
