Lottie Lostalot Saves Christmas

By Pj Sandz and We.Are.Alien

It's the night before Christmas Eve, and Father Christmas is in a terrible pickle. Far from the North Pole, he has lost his Reindeer, and can't get back to Christmas Land. This is a disaster, as without his reindeer, he won't be able to deliver the Christmas Presents to all the children on Christmas Eve. Mowk the Magnificent Owl, enlists the help of Lottie to try and save Christmas. Will they be able to do it?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Grosvenor House Publishing
• Release date: Oct 26, 2023
• ISBN: 9781803816661

Pj Sandz

Pj Sandz like Lottie Lostalot, has had an exciting, adventurous, and sometimes magical life. In her twenties, whilst gaining her Private Pilots licence, she met and married her husband. Two children later, flying had changed to sailing, and then to canoeing. All had their funny, exciting, scary moments! Her younger daughter found music, and so in her mid fifties, Pj Sandz became a drummer in her daughters band, and even played at the iconic Cavern Club in Liverpool. It was around this time, her younger daughter was given a late(mid twenties) diagnosis of autism. It was a lifechanging moment and explained her daughters huge struggles with life, society and living. A major shift in family life, retirement from forty years in the NHS, and an autism assistance dog called Jack have changed things for the better. Her elder daughter was now married with two fabulous children, and this prompted Pj Sandz and her younger daughter to write and illustrate childrens stories, some based on her daughters Autism struggles.

Book preview

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INTRODUCTION

It’s nearly Christmas Eve, and Father Christmas is in a terrible pickle!

Can Lottie Lostalot help him out, and save Christmas?

CHAPTERS

INTRODUCTION

ONE: A Snowy Night

TWO: Freddy, Ben, and Cyril

THREE: The Christmas Tree

FOUR: North Pole Preparations

FIVE: The Test Flight

SIX: The Terrible Pickle

SEVEN: Can Lottie Help?

EIGHT: The Farmer’s Barn

NINE: Lottie’s Amazing Ride

TEN: Hot Chocolate and Mince Pies

ELEVEN: The Pink Bicycle

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

COPYRIGHT

CHAPTER ONE

A SNOWY NIGHT

It was 3 o’clock in the morning, and Lottie was wide awake.

She tossed and turned, lay on her back, turned on her side, went under the covers, on top of the covers, but nothing seemed to work. She just wasn’t sleepy!

It was a cold and frosty night in December, and nearly Christmas Eve. Lottie was very excited. Her brothers, Freddy and Ben, would be home from boarding school soon, and she was really looking forward to seeing them.

The house was a bit lonely with just Mother and Father, and although they could be very annoying, Lottie had missed her brothers a lot.

She snuggled down into her nice warm bed and closed her eyes. Come on sleep, come on sleep, she thought, but no, sleep just wouldn’t come.

With a big sigh, she rolled over, and gazed out of the window. The moon was shining brightly, and the stars winked and blinked in the cold, night sky.

She reached under her pillow to find the feather that was always there; a reminder of her amazing, magical adventure with Mowk, a magnificent owl, and Rheena, Queen of Rats. She still couldn’t believe it had really happened… but then, she did have the feather.

She could hear the steady tick tock, tick tock, of the Grandfather clock downstairs, and every now and then, a faint snore from Mother and Father’s room.

A few snowflakes drifted past the window,