Authors: Emma Thompson & Axel Scheffler Interest age: from c 3 years | Christmas | Picture storybooks | Animal stories (Children's / Teenage) | Historical fiction (Children's / Teenage) | History & the past: general interest (Children's / Teenage) | Literature, books & writers (Children’s/Teenage) Published on 10th October 2024 by Penguin Random House Children's UK (Puffin) in the United Kingdom.Paperback / softback | 80 pages 255mm x 195mm | 100g A new Christmas classic from a magical pairing: Dame Emma Thompson and Axel Scheffler. The story of Jim: a very lucky, very special, very grubby dog, who lives, improbably, in the Victoria and Albert Museum. Emma Thompson magically weaves the real-life tale of Jim - beloved dog of Sir Henry Cole who created the first Christmas card - with a fantastically warm and heartfelt Christmas romp, brilliantly illustrated by bestselling illustrator, Axel Scheffler. A Christmas book to treasure, and an adventure filled with high emotion, guilt, redemption, unexpected presents and a life-changing brush with royalty.