Mrs scrooge, hardcover/carol ann duffy

A great book for Christmas from the new Poet Laureate; a contemporary tale in the style of her poems in The Worlds Wife, about Mrs Scrooge: she hates waste and consumerism in all its forms but she is not simply a miser.

She is worried about the state of the planet.

She protests, recycles, forages, buys secondhand, mends, eats leftovers and switches off lights.

One night at midnight, a cheerful ghost takes her by the hand.

Published in a small format gift hardback, with illustrations provided by Posy Simmonds, this is sure to be a popular purchase.