How to Grow a Reindeer
Published on 9. October 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
32 pages
978-0-241-63560-5 (ISBN)
Description
*** Voted Best Kid's Christmas Book Overall 2025 by the Independent ****
Join Sarah and Mr Pottifer in their magical plant shop, where fantastical creatures grow on trees!
It's nearly Christmas Day when an unexpected visitor arrives - it's Santa, and he needs their help!
His reindeer are in bed with Antler Flu and without them, he can't deliver his presents on time. But growing well-behaved reindeer isn't as easy as it seems. . . and before long the mischevious creatures have created a rather MERRY MESS!
Can Sarah figure out a way to save Christmas before it's too late?
This rhyming story full of festive fun celebrates being different, and the importance of teamwork.
Other stories in the How to Grow series:
How to Grow a Unicorn
How to Grow a Dragon
How to Grow a Mermaid
Join Sarah and Mr Pottifer in their magical plant shop, where fantastical creatures grow on trees!
It's nearly Christmas Day when an unexpected visitor arrives - it's Santa, and he needs their help!
His reindeer are in bed with Antler Flu and without them, he can't deliver his presents on time. But growing well-behaved reindeer isn't as easy as it seems. . . and before long the mischevious creatures have created a rather MERRY MESS!
Can Sarah figure out a way to save Christmas before it's too late?
This rhyming story full of festive fun celebrates being different, and the importance of teamwork.
Other stories in the How to Grow series:
How to Grow a Unicorn
How to Grow a Dragon
How to Grow a Mermaid
Reviews / Votes
With enchanting full-page illustrations and fun, rhyming text, this festive adventure completely captivated my testers when read aloud.When the reindeer gets sick with Antler Flu, Santa fears they'll be too poorly to pull his sleigh on Christmas Eve. When he arrives at Mr Pottifer's Plant Shop - a plant shop like no other - Mr Pottifer and green-fingered Sarah set to work, using magical seeds to try and grow some replacements.
It's fair to say that magical reindeers are somewhat unpredictable, and things don't go quite according to plan. With Christmas just hours away, can determination, teamwork and an unlikely hero save the day?
While How to Grow a Reindeer is perfect as a standalone adventure, my testers loved spotting familiar characters from the rest of the series nestled among the illustrations - including a unicorn, dragon, and mermaid. * The Independent *
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Penguin Random House Children's UK
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 0 to 5 years
Product notice
Picture book
Dimensions
Height: 297 mm
Width: 254 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
216 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-241-63560-5 (9780241635605)
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E-Book
10/2025
Puffin
€7.99
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Persons
Rachel Morrisroe (Author)
Rachel Morrisroe is the bestselling author of the How to Grow Magic series, The Drama Llama and The Truth About Yeticorns. Her favourite job before becoming a writer was working at Battersea, where she got to foster puppies and take dogs for walks on her lunch breaks. Originally from Wales, she now lives in Cheshire with her husband, two young children and a very daft dachshund called Dottie Disco Dog. Visit her at rachelmorrisroe.com and @RachelMorrisroeAuthor on Instagram.
Steven Lenton (Illustrator)
Steven Lenton is a multi-award-winning illustrator, originally from Cheshire, now working from his studio in Brighton. He has illustrated many children's books including Virtually Christmas by David Baddiel, The Hundred And One Dalmatians adapted by Peter Bently, The Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam series by Tracey Corderoy, Frank Cottrell-Boyce's fiction titles and his self-penned series Genie and Teeny.
Rachel Morrisroe is the bestselling author of the How to Grow Magic series, The Drama Llama and The Truth About Yeticorns. Her favourite job before becoming a writer was working at Battersea, where she got to foster puppies and take dogs for walks on her lunch breaks. Originally from Wales, she now lives in Cheshire with her husband, two young children and a very daft dachshund called Dottie Disco Dog. Visit her at rachelmorrisroe.com and @RachelMorrisroeAuthor on Instagram.
Steven Lenton (Illustrator)
Steven Lenton is a multi-award-winning illustrator, originally from Cheshire, now working from his studio in Brighton. He has illustrated many children's books including Virtually Christmas by David Baddiel, The Hundred And One Dalmatians adapted by Peter Bently, The Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam series by Tracey Corderoy, Frank Cottrell-Boyce's fiction titles and his self-penned series Genie and Teeny.