The Christmas Wish

Allison Rushby, Karen Blair

• Publisher: University of Queensland Press
• eBook ISBN:
  9780702269288
• Year: 2023

A delightful, festive story in this funny, illustrated Australian series for newly independent readers. It' s Christmastime, but Flick and Birdie are missing their Granny Aggie. To cheer them up, Mum and Dad invite the neighbours over to decorate gingerbread houses. All is going well until Mrs Mortlake brings up Christmas wishes, giving baby Birdie all the wrong ideas. How can Flick spread the joy of Christmas when a gingerbread person is biting the guests?

Table of contents

• Cover
• This book belongs to
• Meet the Wish Sisters
• Title page
• Chapter 1: A very squelchy Christmas
• Chapter 2: Gumdrops and yoo-hoos
• Chapter 3: Mrs Mortlake’s house
• Chapter 4: Some interesting ornaments
• Chapter 5: A very impish problem
• Chapter 6: An adorable elf
• Chapter 7: Christmas wishes
• Chapter 8: When wishes come true
• Chapter 9: Ding, ding, ding
• Chapter 10: When gingerbread goes bad
• Chapter 11: Mrs Mortlake’s win
• Chapter 12: One last wish
• Author and illustrator biographies
• Imprint page