Chris Mould
As well as being a number one bestselling writer for adults, Matt Haig has won the Blue Peter Book Award, the Smarties Book Prize and been nominated three times for the Carnegie Medal for his stories for children. In 2021, A Boy Called Christmas was released as a feature film with an all-star cast. He has sold more than two million books in the UK and his work has been translated into over forty languages.
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Chris Mould went to art school at the age of sixteen. He has won the Nottingham Children’s Book Award and been commended by the Sheffield Children’s Book Award. He loves his work and likes to write and draw the kind of books that he would have liked to have had on his shelf as a boy. He is married with two children and lives in Yorkshire.
A Mouse Called Miika teaching resource
You can get free A Mouse Called Miika (as well as A Boy Called Christmas) teaching resources for children age 7+! These activities have been created to prompt discussions around Matt Haig’s book, A Mouse Called Miika, looking at the importance of being true to yourself and encouraging students to develop their reading comprehension, inference, creative writing and empathy.
The A Boy Called Christmas trailer is here! Watch it now and feel instantly more festive and extra magical! Coming to UK cinemas and Sky Cinema from 26 November.
“When Aada started her new school, the pixie came too. But this school was a place, where it was hard to be true.”
Here is the very start of the very special, brand new audio edition of The Truth Pixie by Matt Haig, read by none other than Olivia Colman! And for every copy sold of this exclusive edition, we’re donating 50p to Unicef UK. Get it at Audible!
(The video’s animated with illustrations from the book by Chris Mould!)
“You might think you know about Father Christmas. And I'm sure you do know some things. You probably know about the Toy Workshop and the reindeer. But the thing you probably don't know about is me...”
A Boy Called Christmas teaching resource
You can get free A Boy Called Christmas (as well as A Mouse Called Miika) teaching resources for children age 7+! These festive activities have been created to prompt discussions around the true spirit of Christmas in Matt Haig’s text, looking at the true story of Father Christmas – and encouraging students to develop their reading comprehension, inference, creative writing and film-making skills!
You can get these free Christmas-themed teaching resources for children aged 7–9! Make an amazing Christmas display for your classroom, or learn about Queen Victoria and more.
You can get these free Christmas-themed teaching resources for children aged 7–9! Make an amazing Christmas display for your classroom, or learn about Queen Victoria and more.
“She was the first child. The girl who saved Christmas. And Father Christmas would never forget it…”
Listen to Stephen Fry read from A Boy Called Christmas by Matt Haig! But only if you believe in impossible things.
