Romy’s Garden Adventures: Christmas City is written and illustrated by children’s book author Rob Towner. 

In this adventure, Romy gets to hang out with some of her favourite friends from the animal kingdom including a snail, a bear dressed in a business suit, a turtle and even a talking tree named ‘Surprised Tree’. 

This is a warm, adorable and slightly odd tale about the importance of sharing time with friends and family during the holiday season. At the very core of this Christmas story is the theme of friendship. 

Author Rob Towner was raised celebrating Christmas every year and believes that no matter what your religious background is, Christmas is a great excuse to give presents and to celebrate with friends and family. 

He also still believes in Santa because he’s really smart. One time he actually saw old Saint Nick climbing down his chimney with all his presents one year when he was a kid. 

In return for not telling anyone, Santa let Rob hang out with his reindeers for a few hours whilst he delivered presents and ate cookies and milk. 

After that, Rob and Santa went flying around the entire galaxy delivering presents to all the good living cytoplasmic organisms who breath through their... Sorry, I’m rambling. Let me get back to this book. 

Whilst this is indeed the third instalment of the RGA series, it most definitely stands alone as an endearing Christmas special by its own merit. This book will be like candy canes and gingerbread and prove to be popular stocking filler for every Christmas. 

As a warning to the more sensitive of readers, this book contains a spider, thunder and lightning, and a really smelly fart. 

If you have read this far, why not dive deeper into the world of Rob Towner’s eccentric imagination and visit his website robtowner.com.