An excerpt from a child's Santa trap building instructions which reads: You will need: • 200 lions • 200,000 dinosaurs • 8 invisible spies • 10 bombs

The cover of THE SANTA TRAP, written by me and illustrated by Poly Bernatene

It's the time of year when, taking inspiration from #TheSantaTrap, schools are sending me instructions children have written for building their own Santa traps.

Bradley's parents may be "immensely rich", but I think even he would struggle to get hold of 200,000 dinosaurs.

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Read something delightfully dark this Christmas.

If you fancy a festive picture book with "a wonderful darkly funny atmosphere”, check out THE SANTA TRAP by me and #PolyBernatene.

🇬🇧 Amazon UK amzn.to/2EA8Jqi
🇺🇸 Amazon US amzn.to/2PMrM7g

🎅🏼🪤📕 #TheSantaTrap

And you can book a virtual author visit, in which I read the book, talk about the inspiration for the story and answer questions, at the reduced rates of 🇬🇧£50 excl. VAT 🇺🇸 $65.
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#TheSantaTrap illustrated by Poly Bernatene.

Posters, activity sheets, lesson plans and other free resources for THE SANTA TRAP, a picture book by Jonathan Emmett and Poly Bernatene.

🎅🏼🪤📕SCHOOLS!
If you’re reading #TheSantaTrap this term, you can find lots of FREE resources for the book using the links below:
• Read-along video
• Posters: Cover & Spread
• Activity Sheets: Wordsearch & Maze
• KS1 & 2 Lesson Plans
• Author’s Notes
• Blogpost about how schools have used the book.

Copies of Spanish Language editions of The Santa Trap and The Princess and the Pig.

🇦🇷 🇪🇸 Delighted to receive these new Spanish language padded hardcover editions of THE SANTA TRAP & THE PRINCESS AND THE PIG, both illustrated by Poly Bernatene.
🇵🇹 Their Argentinian publisher AZ will also be publishing Portuguese editions of both books next year.

#TheSantaTrap #ThePrincessAndThePig

Dick Van Patten and Stacy Keach in The Santa Trap, 2002.

#Christmas #ChristmasSpecial #ChristmasMovie #TheSantaTrap

Do you fancy a "wonderful darkly funny"* Christmas story?
Here's me reading THE SANTA TRAP, accompanied by Poly Bernatene's stunning illustrations.
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youtu.be/xu4B5j_7cW0
#TheSantaTrap #KidLitUK #ChristmasPictureBooks
CLICK HERE to find out more about the book.
* From The Scotsman review

The front cover of THE SANTA TRAP and these excerpts from reviews: “This funny, beautifully illustrated story will have you talking about the importance of ‘being good for goodness’ sake.’” THE WASHINGTON POST “A dark, funny and refreshing alternative to some of
the more saccharine Christmas offerings.” THE BOOKSELLER “The stylised illustrations complement the story brilliantly, creating a wonderful darkly funny atmosphere.” THE SCOTSMAN

If you fancy a festive picture book with "a wonderful darkly funny atmosphere”, make sure you check out #TheSantaTrap by me and #PolyBernatene.
🎅🏼🪤📕
CLICK HERE to find out more.

If you fancy "a dark, funny and refreshing alternative to some of the more saccharine Christmas offerings,” you can now find my author read-along video of #TheSantaTrap, by me and Poly Bernatene, on my YouTube channel.
#KidLit #ChristmasPictureBooks
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu4B...

It's #NationalIllustrationDay!
I'm fortunate to have collaborated with many talented illustrators over the years.
Here are spreads by just 4 of them:
Elys Dolan: #TheClockworkDragon
Mark Oliver: #MonstersAnOwnersGuide
Poly Bernatene: #TheSantaTrap
Vanessa Cabban: #BringingDownTheMoon

Posters, activity sheets, lesson plans and other free resources for THE SANTA TRAP, a picture book by Jonathan Emmett and Poly Bernatene.

SCHOOLS 📣🎅🏼🪤
If you’re reading #TheSantaTrap this term, you can find lots of FREE resources for the book using the links below:
• Read-along video
• Posters: Cover & Spread
• Activity Sheets: Wordsearch & Maze
• KS1 & 2 Lesson Plans
• Author’s Notes
• Blogpost about how schools have used the book.