Reading age: 8 - 11 years old.
Before Gran died, Gramps was the beloved Other Father Christmas at the local community centre Grotto – so when Santa Claus announces his retirement, ten-year-old Mikey secretly enters his reluctant Gramps into Santa Search, a magical competition to find the next Father Christmas.
Swept away to Christmasland – a world of gingerbread escape rooms and bottomless hot chocolate – they must face enchanted trials, outwit a mysterious saboteur, and rediscover the true meaning of the season.
Reviews
'The perfect festive story: exciting, heartwarming, and glittering with magic.' - Sophie Anderson, author of The House with Chicken Legs
'A Christmas classic in the making.' - Louie Stowell, author of Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Being Good
'A brilliantly funny, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory golden-ticket-esque Santa escapade.' - Swapna Haddow, author of Dave Pigeon and Bad Panda
'It's a warming, charming story that brings out all the festive feelings. I love seeing Black representation in such a vibrant Christmas adventure!' - Jeffery Boakye, author of Kofi and the Rap Battle Summer
'Storymix brings much-needed representation to children’s Christmas books, as well as a brilliantly pacey story of magical trials and festive sabotage.' - The Bookseller, 10 to Watch in November
The Other Father Christmas
- Publisher : Storymix Books
- Publication date : 6 Nov. 2025
- Language : English
- Print length : 304 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1916747728
- ISBN-13 : 978-1916747722
- Item weight : 272 g
- Reading age : 8 - 11 years
- Dimensions : 12.9 x 0.7 x 19.8 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: 31,256 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 943 in Fiction About Family for Children
- 1,423 in Children's Books on Friendship, Social Skills & School Life
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