Is it a bedtime story?

It's a snowy daytime adventure, from Christmas Eve morning to the first stars, and it ends with a sleigh ride and the first present of the night.

Which reindeer are in it?

All eight of Santa's: Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen, each dressed up as a different animal.

Not at all. The reindeer are cheeky, nobody is ever in trouble, and every one of them gets a carrot.

Is there a lot to read?

For the youngest, a line or two a page, and a proper story to read together as they grow. 15 illustrated pages either way.

A personalised Christmas book where your child finds Santa's reindeer

It's Christmas Eve morning, and Santa bursts in through the front door in a terrible flap. His eight reindeer have run off to play hide-and-seek, all dressed up as other animals, and the sleigh leaves tonight. Only your little ones can find them all.

Make their Reindeer Hide-and-Seek book

Ebook £4.99 (£2.49 for your first book) · Printed hardcover £24.99 · UK delivery from £3.95

The story

Christmas Eve morning, and the front door bursts open. In comes Santa, snow on his boots: his reindeer have run off to play hide-and-seek, and they fly tonight.

He hands your child a bag of carrots ("Reindeer can never resist a carrot"), and out they go into the snowy village. A sheep with antlers in the field. A cow whose bell goes clang in the barn. A hen with four big hooves. A duck much, much bigger than the rest.

Eight reindeer, eight disguises, and one real goat with a twig on its head. Then it's back to the sleigh at dusk, and up over the village, with the very first present of Christmas Eve delivered by your child.

A watercolour storybook page: two girls at a farm gate in a snowy field, the younger one holding out a carrot to a sheep with antlers among the real sheep — A very odd sheep, with antlers!

A watercolour storybook page: two girls laughing beside a hen house in the snow, holding a carrot out to a very big brown hen with antlers and four hooves — The biggest hen anyone had ever seen.

A watercolour storybook page: two girls laughing in a snowy farmyard, one holding a carrot out to a tall pink pig with antlers while the real pigs snuffle at the trough — The very last carrot, for Blitzen.

A watercolour storybook page: two girls buckled into Santa's red and gold sleigh beside him, flying high over the village on a starry night, with a trail of golden sparkles behind — Up and away over the village.

Who it's for

Made for little ones from baby to age seven, with the words matched to your child's age. Brothers and sisters hunt together, and up to four family members can be in it, the dog or cat included. Grown-ups see them off at the front door in the morning.

How the personalisation works

It all starts with one photo per person. From it we draw your child as a character in the story, and they're the one who finds every reindeer. Add a message of your own at the front. You'll have the ebook in under 15 minutes, and you can order the printed hardcover once you've read it through.

Order your hardcover by Wednesday 9 December for delivery before Christmas. The ebook usually arrives in under 15 minutes, right up to Christmas Eve. · Ebook £4.99 (£2.49 for your first book) · Printed hardcover £24.99 · UK delivery from £3.95

Make their Reindeer Hide-and-Seek book

Questions about this story

Is it a bedtime story?: It's a snowy daytime adventure, from Christmas Eve morning to the first stars, and it ends with a sleigh ride and the first present of the night.
Which reindeer are in it?: All eight of Santa's: Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen, each dressed up as a different animal.
Is it scary?: Not at all. The reindeer are cheeky, nobody is ever in trouble, and every one of them gets a carrot.
Is there a lot to read?: For the youngest, a line or two a page, and a proper story to read together as they grow. 15 illustrated pages either way.