The Imperfect Perfect Christmas Budge Wilson Illustrated by Terry Roscoe Children's Chapter Book 48 pages $8.95 6 x 9 paperback ISBN-10 1-895900-66-2 ISBN-13 978-1-895900-66-8 Order this book: [from Pottersfield Press] [from Amazon] [from Chapters]

Here is the latest chapter book in Pottersfield's Books for Big Kids series by one of Canada's best loved children's writers.

Andrea Doucette lives in a fishing village in Nova Scotia. It's Christmas Eve and everyone in her house is feeling excited and happy — except for Andrea, who is feeling very gloomy.

"The trouble with Christmas," she thinks, "is that everyone keeps telling you that it is going to be the most wonderful day of the year." And it never is. Andrea can think of several Christmases when really bad things happened. And she just bets that this year it's going to go right on being imperfect.

Then, a number of things occur that makes Andrea wonder whether this Christmas is going to be quite fine – or maybe end up being the worst disaster of all.

Budge Wilson was born and educated in Nova Scotia, but spent many years in Ontario before returning home in 1989. She began writing later in life, after teaching and working as a commercial artist, photographer, and fitness instructor. Since her first book in 1984, she has published more than 27 books, with translations in 10 languages and in 13 countries.

Artist Terry Roscoe has illustrated several of Budge Wilson's highly acclaimed Pottersfield books including Harold and Harold, The Cat That Barked and Cassandra's Driftwood.

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