Rosie and the Friendship Angel

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Rosie and the Friendship Angel, created by bestselling author Lucinda Riley and her son Harry Whittaker, is a reassuring story about making new friends, part of the enchanting Guardian Angels series. Because somewhere, an angel is listening . . . Rosie has just started a new school, and is just getting used to lots of new things when her teacher asks the class to draw their best friend. Rosie's not sure what to do - she doesn't have a best friend yet. Luckily, Frederick the Friendship Angel is on hand to show her that friendship is always around the corner. The third title in the Guardian Angels series, illustrated by award-winning Jane Ray. Enjoy more books in this heartwarming series: Grace and the Christmas Angel Bill and the Dream Angel Rosie and the Friendship Angel Alfie and the Angel of Lost Things.

Lucinda Riley was born in Ireland, and after an early career as an actress in film, theatre and television, wrote her first book aged twenty-four. Her books have been translated into thirty-seven languages and sold forty million copies worldwide, and she was a No.1 Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller. Lucinda died in the summer of 2021. Harry Whittaker grew up in the 1990s and spent the first few years of his life on the rural west coast of Ireland, with a poor TV signal (and certainly no iPad). It was therefore left to his mother to entertain him, which she did through telling him stories. As a result, Harry has become a storyteller himself, as an award-winning radio presenter for the BBC and a member of one of the UK's most renowned improv troupes, who perform all over the UK. Harry hopes to spread a little warmth through the Guardian Angels series, which he co-wrote with his mum, Lucinda. Jane Ray is a children's illustrator admired worldwide for her exquisite, hand-painted artwork. She has illustrated over sixty children's books, working with bestselling authors such as Michael Rosen, Carol Ann Duffy and Jeanette Winterson. Jane has been shortlisted six times for the Kate Greenaway Award, won the Smarties Prize for The Story of Creation and was the UK's 2018 Nominee for the IBBY Hans Christian Andersen Award.

'Packed with timeless messages about love, hope and comfort, the magic of wintertime and the joys of community, friendship and family, this gentle, uplifting story is perfect for the season of giving.' -- Pam Norfolk * Lancashire Post *