Bradley Bartelby is bad, VERY bad. He's greedy and naughty and selfish and spoilt and Santa Claus knows it. But when beastly Bradley empties his Christmas stocking to find nothing but a pair of socks, he does quite the baddest thing he has EVER tried to do. He builds a trap a SANTA TRAP! With guillotines, dynamite and a tiger or two, Santa doesn't stand a chance. Or does he?
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‘Sensationally watchable... like a movie on the page’ Independent on Sunday
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.About the Author
Jonathan Emmett is a bestselling author and paper engineer and the creator of many successful books for Macmillan including RUBY FLEW TOO! (978-1-4050-9026-1) and EMERGENCY RESCUE! (978-0-230-52875-8). He won the Red House Children's Book Award in 2006 and was shortlisted for the Richard and Judy book awards in 2007. This story was inspired by the real Santa traps that Jonathan built as a boy. Like Bradley, Jonathan hates getting socks as a present. Poly Bernatene studied drawing and painting at the Buenos Aires School of Fine Art, where he is now a visiting professor. As well as working in animation and comics, Poly has illustrated over 60 children's books. He lives in Argentina with his wife and two young children, and has never tried to trap Santa.
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Bad Kid Plots to Kill Santa for Giving Him Socks, Definitely a Different Christmas Book to the Norm!,
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Well if you want something different to the usual children's Christmas picture books this one is it. Bradley Bartleby has been a bad child since birth and with deadbeat parents he's gotten worse as he's gotten older. His rich parents have given him whatever he wants, in fact they've become terrified of him. But there is one man who isn't intimidated by Bradley. That man is Santa Claus. Ever single Christmas Santa doesn't give Bradley a thing from his wish list, instead he gives him a pair of socks. This constant humiliation is too much for Bradley and he decides he will get revenge on Santa, kill him, then take all his presents. Home Alone style for a year he converts his parent's house into a giant Santa trap. He booby traps the chimney with dynamite, puts guillotines in all the doors and windows, trains tigers to rip apart Santa, and builds trapdoors in the floor. Instead of stopping him or calling the police his parents just leave and Bradley's left home alone waiting for his annual intruder. I'm not going to give away what happens next, but rest assured being a kids book it never goes into bloodshed.
It's an interesting book that will no doubt appeal to many kids, especially those who are into horror stories. You might not want to read it to children who can't yet tell the difference between fiction and reality though.
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