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    My First Christmas
    My First Christmas
    My First Christmas
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    My First Christmas

    By Kim Ward

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    We all have firsts in lifefirst birthday, first day at school, first friends, first love, and a lot more of firsts. Pickles shares all these journeys with you.

    In this story, he discovers his first Christmas, his first snow, his first time in the garden, his first friendship, and the outside world.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris UK
    Release dateSep 16, 2016
    ISBN9781524593490
    Author

    Kim Ward

    This is one of my favorite stories, and I just had to write it. I am visually impaired and have been writing children’s stories for 3 years and it’s the best thing ever.

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      My First Christmas - Kim Ward

      Copyright © 2016 by Kim Ward.

      ISBN:      Softcover      978-1-5245-9350-6

                      eBook             978-1-5245-9349-0

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      Rev. date: 09/14/2016

      Xlibris

      800-056-3182

      www.Xlibrispublishing.co.uk

      741826

      Contents

      Chapter One The Christmas Tree

      Chapter Two The Plan

      Chapter Three The House Gets Decorated

      Chapter Four The Needle

      Chapter Five Snow

      Chapter Six New Friends

      Chapter Seven Christmas Day

      Chapter Eight The Visitors

      A Message From Pickles

      Dedicated to Lexi Demi Collins

      CHAPTER ONE

      The Christmas Tree

      I had become used to life with my forever family; even if I did have to go to the vets! Everyone was different. Mum used a stick in the house, dad had cerebral palsy and was always falling over, the other lady had learning difficulties and the boy was always playing loud music. It was lovely to be with so many nice

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