Diary of a Christmas Elf: festive magic in the blockbuster hit

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I opened my eyes. I wasn’t in Father Christmas’s house at all. I was in my bunk, in the tiny room I shared with my four younger brothers and sisters: Twig, Leaf, Plum and Pin. My mother was shaking me by the shoulder.

A funny and heartwarming story from the King of Christmas, Ben Miller – the perfect sized gift for all the family! Discover the magic of life as a Christmas Elf in all three laugh-out-loud stories that will take you round the world on Santa’s sleigh, including Secrets of a Christmas Elf and the brand new Adventures of a Christmas Elf – OUT NOW! Apart from his acting work, Ben has also been busy putting together his latest Christmas book, Diary of a Christmas Elf. The show's been going on all this time and, you know, seeing all the people that I worked with, it was really lovely.I like that Tog looks after his sibling Plum,Leaf,Twig and Pin.Tog is acting like an adult as he cleans the house,buys food and helps with homework.I liked chapter 3 where there are lemur facts because Plum has lost her lemur toy Oscar and because Tog can't find it he decided to make one in chapter 4. I enjoyed the last line of chapter 4 as it was so unexpected. After securing a publishing deal, Ben went on to write four more Christmas books, and his latest story, which follows the adventures of Tog the Christmas elf, came out just last week. Like his previous work, Diary of a Christmas Elf and The Night I Met Father Christmas, this book will be in a diary format, which Ben believes encourages children to read more. Author Guy Bass introduces SCRAP, about one robot who tried to protect the humans on his planet against an army of robots. Now the humans need his...

As with most elves (I have to imagine), Tog dreams of working in Santa's workshop, doing something important and worthwhile. Yet he seems destined to work with reindeer poo... Oh well, at least his lemur toys are going down well with all the youngsters at the North Pole... Ben, 55, told Express.co.uk that “anything’s possible” when he was asked about his character DI Richard Poole’s potential return to Death In Paradise. He said: “It’s like an advent calendar in the way that it’s designed to be read. So, the idea is the diary starts sort of roughly now and runs up to Christmas day.”At one end of the room was a roaring fire, framed by garlands of holly, ivy and mistletoe; at the other sat Father Christmas, flanked by his Right-Hand and Left-Hand Elves. It was about a boy called Todd and he met Father Christmas. He wanted to become a Christmas elf but it didn't go well. My favourite characters for Todd and Holly because they were really fun and kind. A gorgeous tale brimming with the magic of Christmas. A sheer delight for all kids both big AND small' Ruth Jones