The Christmas Department Store

Maudie Powell-Tuck (Author) Maudie Powell-Tuck has been writing, editing and dreaming about picture books for over 12 years. She has worked in a children's bookshop and as an editor for a children's publisher, so she can enthuse about kids books 'til the cows come home. When not writing or editing, Maudie can be found pootling around charity shops with her kids, reading, and watching embarrassingly trashy reality TV. She is forever losing her hearing aids and has dropped her phone 1,345,566 times. Miraculously it still works.Hoang Giang (Illustrator) Giang has been working as a children's book illustrator for more than 10 years. She works?in a studio with her partner and three cats. She also loves comics and graphic novels, and dreams of one day finding the time to make her own comic book.

"A heart-warming magical tale about how joyful Christmas time can be – even if you can’t spend lots of money on fancy gifts or food."