Unwrap Christmas Fun From The New Bum Team With A Silly Santa Special

The internationally best-selling team of Dawn McMillan and Ross McMillan have some silly, spectacular Christmas fun in store for fans of the hit New Bum! series.
Santa arrives early one morning and when he sits down with Red Pants Boy for tea, we find out why. Santa brings a problem: his bum is ill-fitting from all of the sitting he has to do!
Can our hero and his family help Santa get his bum back in shape in time for Christmas present deliveries?
After trying a few options, our hero and his grandma get to sewing and look likely to happen on a solution. Isn’t it time that Santa got a present too?
This festive and funny tale will spread Christmas joy to all the kids, parents and grandparents who can’t get enough of the New Bum! shenanigans.
Santa needs a NEW BUM! publishes in early October.
The authors
Dawn McMillan is the much-loved author of many children’s books, including I Need a New Bum!, I’ve Broken my Bum!, There’s a Moa in the Moonlight and Why Do Dogs Sniff Bottoms. A retired primary-school teacher with a love of reading, she lives in Waiomu, north of Thames.
Ross Kinnaird is an illustrator and graphic designer whose books have been published in many countries. After a career as a creative director, he now creates books from his home close to the water on Auckland’s North Shore.
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