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  • Published: 29 October 2018
  • ISBN: 9780451479044
  • Imprint: Viking
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 40
  • RRP: $39.99

The Lost Christmas





A Christmas confection from the brilliant creator of The Lost House and The Lost Picnic!

A Christmas confection from the brilliant creator of The Lost House and The Lost Picnic!

It's time to decorate the tree for Christmas--but Grandad can't find any of his ornaments! The hunt for the missing decorations takes the children up and down in Grandad's bric-a-brac-filled house and out into a winter wonderland. And when every ornament is on the tree at last, Grandad has a wonderful holiday surprise in store. This seek-and-find book from the award-winning author of The Lost House and The Lost Picnic will delight readers of any age and belongs under a Christmas tree.

  • Published: 29 October 2018
  • ISBN: 9780451479044
  • Imprint: Viking
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 40
  • RRP: $39.99

About the author

Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin is an internationally known illustrator whose work has appeared in the New York Times, GQ, Entertainment Weekly, and many other publications throughout the world. He won the Society of Illustrators' Founders Award for his first book, The Lost House, and a New York Times Best Illustrated Award for The Lost Picnic.

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Praise for The Lost Christmas

Raves for The Lost Books:
"Subtle and elegantly surreal . . . Cronin's acrylic paintings are worth lingering over." --Publishers Weekly on The Lost Picnic

"It's easy to get lost in this seek-and-find book, a perfect follow-up to Cronin's The Lost House . . . . The bright, saturated illustrations and enchanting spreads completely suck readers in." --School Library Journal on The Lost Picnic

"An eye-popping take on I Spy." --O, the Oprah Magazine on The Lost House

"This dazzling and delightful 'seek and find' book harkens to Maira Kalman's Max series with its whimsical drawings and unpredictable color combinations." --The New York Times on The Lost House

"Filled with delightful drawings that are visually engaging and inspiring, this bedtime treat . . . will be a pleasure to read night after night for both kids and adults." --Real Simple on The Lost House

"[A] stylish puzzler [and] superior seek-and-find for all ages." --The Wall Street Journal on The Lost House

"Cronin's silkscreenlike images are elegant as can be, resulting in a rich and suggestive excursion into a quietly unconventional world." --Publishers Weekly on The Lost House

"Clever, irresistible, [and] visually engaging." --Kirkus Reviews on The Lost House

"A trippy addition to the search-and-find genre." --Kirkus Reviews on The Lost Picnic

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