When You Adopt a Pugicorn: The Christmas Wish (A When You Adopt... Book)

by Matilda Rose, Tim Budgen (Illustrator)

Overview

A perfect picture-book present from author Matilda Rose and illustrator Tim Budgen,When You Adopt a Pugicorn: The Christmas Wish is a sparkling tale of holiday magic, friendship, and bravery—thanks to the magical Pugicorn!

All the princesses and princes of Fairyland know that if you need a magical pet, the place to go is Mrs. Paws’s Haven for Magical Pets. Mrs. Paws is the idea magical-pet matchmaker for when you adopt!

Everything is set for a perfect Christmas in Twinkleton-under-Beanstalk. There’s just one thing missing . . . snow! Princess Ava dreams of playing in the snow with her pet, Pugicorn. But as Christmas draws near, not a single flake falls from the sky! Can Pugicorn find the courage to make Ava’s wish come true?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781419766718
Publisher:	Abrams Appleseed
Publication date:	09/19/2023
Series:	When You Adopt A
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	1,069,305
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Matilda Rose is the author of the When You Adopt series, which includes Pugicorn, Pandarina, and more adventures set in a fairy tale world featuring different magical pets. With important messages about sharing, kindness, trying your best, and being yourself, the When You Adopt books combine sparkle, fun, and heart. Rose lives in London

Tim Budgen is a freelance illustrator and art teacher. He’s illustrated Pugicorn and the When You Adopt series, the Lizzie and Lucky series by Megan Rix, 20 Dinosaurs at Bedtime by Mark Sperring, and more amazing children’s books. For much of his life he has been scribbling down ideas and can usually be found with a pencil in one hand and a sketchbook in the other. He lives by the sea on Hayling Island, England, with his wife, Julia.

Editorial Reviews

2023-09-07
Princess Ava and her pet Pugicorn spend their first Christmas together ushering in magical snow and assisting Santa.

The holiday season has arrived in Fairyland, and Princess Ava is preparing to celebrate her new pet Pugicorn’s very first Christmas. While they have fun celebrating in the days leading up to the holiday, it seems like there will be no snow on Christmas. Thanks to a wish from Pugicorn, the town of Twinkleton-Under-Beanstalk becomes a winter wonderland. When the snow threatens to hide the village from Saint Nick, Pugicorn climbs the town’s decorated tree and uses a magic rainbow beam to alert Santa, saving Christmas. Pugicorn is a cute pup, sure to delight fans of snuggly animals and sparkly unicorns. His rainbow horn and matching tail seem to have walked straight out of a toy store. Princess Ava has brown skin and dark brown hair in a puffy bun, though other than an assumed sibling, all the other characters are white. Twinkleton-Under-Beanstalk is drawn to be every bit as quaint and glittering as readers would imagine it to be. The story is sweet enough, without a lot of substance, matching the ever-present stars and rainbows on nearly every page. That said, there’s no doubt of its appeal to its intended audience of preschoolers already tuned into princesses, unicorns, and puppies.

A so-so marriage of Christmas, magic, royalty, and fictional animals. (Picture book. 4-6)

Kirkus Reviews