Blog Tour – A Christmas Carol with Grandfather Time

​Another blog tour and this time it is for a beautiful Christmas book by Rose English and Pablo Rodriguez, A Christmas Carol with Grandfather Time.

To get a feel for this book take a look at the blurb.

A seasonal treat, a modern, lyrical re-telling of the Charles Dickens classic – ‘A Christmas Carol’

The book is specially designed for families to share during the Holiday Season, or for young competent readers to try for themselves. This is a beautiful picture book to treasure, with full colour images on every page.

Grandfather Time is a magical clock ~ he brings us the story of young Ebenezer, a boy who is not very caring and really hates sharing. One Christmas Eve, not so very long-ago Grandfather Time decides to teach the boy a lesson. So with the help of his friends; the Ghosts of Past, Present and Future and with lessons to learn he brings forth the first tutor – a little golden-red King Charles spaniel, called Miss Ruby Heart.

Will this unlikely pair be able to teach the boy the error of his ways? Or will he be doomed to be a scruffy, lonely teenager stuck forever in his own little world?

Blurb for A Christmas Carol with Grandfather Time by Rose English and Pablo Rodriguez

The author, Rose English, lives in ‘England’s Green and Pleasant Land’, among the gentle rolling hills of the Herefordshire Countryside, Rose’s house is wall to wall books. She even has a ‘Leaning Tower of Paperbacks’. Rose is a dreamer, preferring a simple & quiet life. Often spending time alone, although never lonely, being ever surrounded by great characters when lost in a good book. Working as a school librarian, and sharing her love of books with children, was the best job she ever had. However, life moves on and another chapter was only a page turn away.

Now working in an entirely different library, in Hereford’s Wye Valley NHS Trust Hospital, Rose spends her day cleaning and issuing ‘Medical Equipment’. For Rose writing is a hobby, she is more a Read-a-holic.

However, after winning FIRST PRIZE in a short story competition with The Magic of Grandfather Christmas featured in Seasonal, Sweet and Suspenseful she is inspired to transform the story into books for the young and the young at heart. Her children’s books are often written as stories in verse with a general theme of friendship, caring and sharing with a touch of fantasy and magic.

My stop on the tour takes the form of a book review and I am also hosting a fantastic Christmas Giveaway.

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Title: A Christmas Carol with Grandfather Time

Written by: Rose English

Illustrated by: Pablo Rodriguez

A Christmas Carol with Grandfather Time by Rose English and Pablo Rodriguez is a clever modern lyrical re-telling of the Charles Dickens classic. Written entirely in rhyming couplets, young Ebenezer is given the Christmas Carol experience by a grandfather clock called Grandfather Time. The gorgeous picture book is written from Grandfather Time’s point of view.

The first ghost to appear is Miss Ruby Heart a ruby red King Charles spaniel that has appeared in other books written by Rose English. She is featured peering in the window on the cover of A Christmas Carol with Grandfather Time. She also has her own social media websites @MissRubyHeart1 on Instagram.

The other ghosts are Santa and a reindeer. Each have a message for Ebenezer about how caring is sharing and if you are selfish you will be alone with no friends. This persuades the young lad to change his ways.

The beautiful illustrations provide a warm and inviting experience in this elegant picture book. The good pacing and fun rhymes that help tell the story, make this an easy book to read aloud and so will be accessible to even very young children who can not read yet.

Although, we never actually see Ebenezer being selfish in the book we do witness him refusing to go to bed in a similar way to does an excellent job of showing kids and adults alike how people will avoid someone who is not kind. It practices what it preaches in that at least £1 from every book purchased will go towards donating a book to each child in Hereford County Hospital over the Christmas Season 2023.

Overall, an engaging lyrical picture book which would make another brilliant stocking filler, or book to cuddle up and listen to with your young children on Christmas Eve.

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Giveaway To Win a lovely book bundle (Open to UK only)

Prize includes –

  • Hardback picture book ‘A Christmas Carol with Grandfather Time’ (4 – 8 years average)
  • Paperback ‘Young Ebenezer ~ A New Christmas Carol’ (8+ years)
  • Paperback ‘Young Ebenezer ~ Confronts the School Bully (8+ years)
  • Paperback ‘The Magic of Grandfather Time’ (older readers to adults)

This is where the stories all began a short story of love and loss

  • Paperback/Pocket Treasure ‘Ruby’s Christmas Gifts’ (Families to share) short stories, poems, puzzles jokes.
  • Grandfather Time bookmarks, pen, fridge magnet, sticker
  • Miss Ruby Heart glitter sticker, badge, heart/pawprint bracelet
  • Sharing is Caring necklace
  • Christmas keyring

*Terms and Conditions –UK entries welcome.  Please enter using the Rafflecopter box below.  The winner will be selected at random via Rafflecopter from all valid entries and will be notified by Twitter and/or email. If no response is received within 7 days then Rachel’s Random Resources reserves the right to select an alternative winner. Open to all entrants aged 18 or over.  Any personal data given as part of the competition entry is used for this purpose only and will not be shared with third parties, with the exception of the winners’ information. This will passed to the giveaway organiser and used only for fulfilment of the prize, after which time Rachel’s Random Resources will delete the data.  I am not responsible for despatch or delivery of the prize.

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To follow the rest of the tour check out all the other stops on the tour schedule:

To discover more about Rose English and her books you can take a look at her social media links:

You can buy copies of A Christmas Carol with Grandfather Time by Rose English and Pablo Rodriguez from Amazon Kindle here: https://mybook.to/GrandfatherTimeXmas

I would like to thank Rachel from Rachel’s Random Resources for inviting me to take part in this blog tour. Thank you.

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