The Grumpus - by Alex T Smith (Hardcover)

About the Book

"Have you heard of The Grumpus? No, I don't suppose you have, until now, because there is only one Grumpus in the whole world. The Grumpus is a big, grumbly, huffy-puffy, grumpy grump of a creature who doesn't like anybody. Or anything. At all. And the one thing he really doesn't like, above all else, is Christmas. And on one particularly cold, frosty winter's morning, The Grumpus hatches a Dastardly, Dreadful Christmas Plan - to go to the North Pole and stop Christmas once and for all! (Oh no!) So start reading, and let me tell you about The Grumpus's wicked plan, and how his adventure to the North Pole didn't turn out to be at all as he planned..."--

Book Synopsis

From Alex T. Smith, bestselling author of the Claude series and How Winston Delivered Christmas, comes a fantastically festive Christmas adventure about a gorgeous grumpy character. Inspired by The Krampus and with a hint of The Grinch, The Grumpus is a heartwarming story that celebrates the true meaning of Christmas, accompanied by irresistible colour artwork to make it the perfect story for all the family to enjoy together.

Do you know about The Grumpus?

And his Dastardly, Dreadful Christmas Plan? And about the Awful Thing that happened at the North Pole on Christmas Eve?

Perhaps I should tell you about it . . .

A beautiful hardback with a festively foiled cover and beautiful artwork from the author, it is the perfect Christmas gift, destined to become a modern Christmas classic that adults and children alike return to year after year.

'Little ones will love this festive tale about a grumpy monster and his dastardly plan to stop Christmas' - Good Housekeeping, The best books to buy for your family and friends this Christmas

About the Author

Alex T. Smith has drawn and written stories since he could hold a pencil. After considering several career options (space traveller, cake maker, professional rabbit), Alex decided to train to do the job he'd wanted to do since he was five - an illustrator specializing in the world of children's publishing.

Alex graduated with a first-class degree in Illustration in 2006 and also won second place in the Macmillan Prize for Illustration in his final year. Since then Alex has gone on to work for a wide variety of clients, not just in the publishing industry, as well as writing and illustrating his own picture books, many of which have won prizes and have been read on TV during the Bedtime Hour on the CBeebies channel. Alex is also the creator of the bestselling Claude series for early readers, which appear in their own TV series on Disney Junior. His much-loved How Winston Delivered Christmas, its sequel How Winston Came Home for Christmas, and the witty retelling of The Twelve Days of Christmas, or Grandma is Overly Generous are set to become future Christmas classics.