Charles Dickenss Havanese sheds light on the writing of A Christmas Carol in this holiday themed Dog Diaries Special Edition! Like the Spirit of Christmas Past, Timberaka Tiny Timjourneys from Victorian England to the present to reveal what life was like for the man whoinventedChristmas!   Given as a gift to Dickens during a book tour, small, shaggy,ridiculousTimber became the great writers constant companionAnd whether sitting at Dickenss feet while the author acted out his stories before writing them down, or entertaining Dickenss vast litter of ten children before a blazing Yule log, Tiny Tim tells a tale as lively as a holiday jig!   With sixteen pages of Dickens-inspired crafts and recipes, this Dog Diaries Special Edition makes the perfect Christmas gift or stocking stufferWith realistic black-and-white illustrations throughout and a fact-filled appendix, this is the kind of historical fiction that reluctant middle-grade readers beg for! Format Häftad O