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Celebrate the festive season with this collection of twenty-four individually-wrapped mini books from Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, packaged together in a beautiful hardback slipcase with ribbon tie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[24],"product_tag":[26852,26819],"class_list":["post-110254","product","type-product","status-publish","product_cat-childrens-fiction","product_tag-childrens-teenage-fiction-animal-stories","product_tag-picture-storybooks-imagination-play","pa_book_author-donaldson-julia","pa_cover-hardback","pa_imprint-macmillan-childrens-books","pa_language-english","pa_pages-8281","pa_publisher-macmillan-childrens-books","pa_readership-children-juvenile-code-j","first","onbackorder","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Gruffalo and Friends Advent Calendar Book Collection<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Count down to Christmas with this book advent calendar for kids! 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