For Christina. AF For Freddie. KE First published in Australia 2015
by New Frontier Publishing Pty Ltd ABN 67 126 171 757
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Text copyright © 2015 Alex Field
Illustrations copyright © 2015 Karen Erasmus
This book is copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of private study, research, criticism or review, as permitted by the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without written permission. Enquiries should be addressed to the publishers. All rights reserved. National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry Creator: Field, Alex, 1971– author.
Title: Santa’s Tight Squeeze / written by Alex Field and illustrated by Karen Erasmus.
ISBN: 9781925059434 (hardback) Target Audience: For children.
Subjects: Santa Claus – Juvenile fiction. Children’s stories.
Other Creators/Contributors: Erasmus, Karen, illustrator. Dewey Number: A823.4
Designed by Celeste Hulme Printed in China
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Alex Field
Illustrated by Karen Erasmus
Silence fell across the night as children slept in their beds.
It was Christmas Eve. Santa and his reindeer were on their way to visit all the children around the world.