Pies and Harmony

By Emma Laybourn

Ella and her brother Matt aren't looking forward to the Christmas holiday. Instead of presents and decorations, their house is full of noise and dust. But then they discover something surprising hidden in the wall... This short chapter book is a heart-warming family story for Christmas.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Emma Laybourn
• Release date: Nov 20, 2018
• ISBN: 9780463061831

Emma Laybourn

I'm a qualified teacher and librarian who has had seven children's books published in traditional form in the UK and USA. I've also had about sixty short stories published in British and Australian magazines.In 2012 I set up a child-friendly website, www.megamousebooks.com, to offer free children's stories, ebooks and printable puzzles. Five years later I created my second site, www.englishliteratureebooks.com, as a home for free abridged classic novels and classic poetry ebook collections. Keeping both sites going is proving a full-time job, but a very enjoyable one!

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Pies and Harmony

Emma Laybourn

Smashwords Edition

Copyright 2018 Emma Laybourn

Table of Contents

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Pies and Harmony

Chapter One

So what do you want for Christmas, Ella? shouted Mum. She was holding a sledgehammer. As she spoke, she swung it over her shoulder. Part of the kitchen wall toppled down with an earth-shaking CRASH.

An MP3 player, shouted Ella.

What? shouted Mum. WHACK went the sledgehammer. CRASH went another piece of kitchen wall.

A music player! shouted Ella.

Can’t hear you, yelled Mum. WHACK. CRASH.

Mum stopped swinging the sledgehammer and mopped her brow.

Whew, she said. Hard work. But imagine how beautiful it’ll be for Christmas!

Ella stared at the massive hole in the wall. She couldn’t imagine what it would look like by Christmas. By that time, Mum might have reduced the whole house to a pile of rubble…

But Mum had a dreamy look in her eyes.

Just think! she said. On Christmas Eve we’ll be sitting on our wonderful new sofa, looking at our lovely brand-new kitchen!

Ella said nothing. She would much rather be sitting on the saggy old sofa in the small, dark living-room.

But the small, dark

Reviews for Pies and Harmony

[Jack NG · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I liked this book very much. It taught me that Christmas isn’t just about presents, it’s about peace, harmony and that you should enjoy spending time with your family.