Operation Nativity by Jenny Pearson

Operation Nativity is everything a Christmas story should be: light-hearted, innocent, and fun with a powerful message about the importance of family and love.

Peace on Earth? Not this year for Oscar and his costume-loving little sister, Molly. Their family has been summoned to their wealthy grandparents huge house for the annual family nativity. Their mum has managed to convince Dad to avoid it for quite a few years but with news that Grandfather isn’t well, they decide to make the journey.

This is not your usual nativity, especially when “the” Angel Gabriel crashes down outside the house reporting a catastrophic time-travelling, history-altering disaster that will cancel Christmas as we know it. Oscar and Molly set out on a race against Christmas to track down the rest of the nativity cast with hilarious results.

Operation Nativity had me laughing to myself from beginning to end – so much so that my children kept asking if I was laughing at something they’d said or my book. There is something for everyone in this delightful, incredibly read-aloud-able story. Adults will appreciate the chaos and humour of the traditional nativity and family life at Christmas while children will love the hijinks of trying to keep a glowing angel hidden, controlling a donkey and sneaking around to try to put things right. I’ll certainly be saving Operation Nativity to read with my own family in the run up to Christmas and it will be on my Christmas shopping list for many children.

Thank you to Usborne and Fritha Lindqvist for this delightful book! It will be published on 13th October 2022.

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