Swindon girl writes a Bear Hare book for John Lewis at Home

2:47pm Thursday 28th November 2013 in News

Alison and Abbi

John Lewis at home Swindon was given a gift by Abbi Tyers, aged seven, as a thank you for a gift she was given at John Lewis at home Swindon’s Countdown to Christmas weekend.

After visiting the store for the Countdown to Christmas weekend, Which celebrated four weeks to Christmas, Abbi, created her own Bear and the Hare book in homage to the John Lewis advert when she was at home, ill, from school.

The handwritten and illustrated book follows the story of the Christmas advert and was the product of a few day’s worth of planning and hard work.

Abbi’s mother, Nicola, said: “instead of cuddling up on the sofa to watch a movie, she decided she would make her own Bear and Hare book.

“Abbi felt inspired to create the book after I explained to her and her twin sister, Issi, what the advert was all about. They both loved the illustrations and said that the snow scenes reminded them of a place we love to visit called Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

“Then someone told us one of the people who worked on the advert was in Jackson Hole, and since then the girls have been infatuated. They even have the app on their iPads and have the onesises to give each other for Christmas.”

Rather than keep the book for herself, Abbi decided to give the book to the branch as a thank you for the ‘Bear and the Hare’ badge she was given at the John Lewis at home’s Countdown to Christmas weekend.

Abbi and her family arrived at the store to present the book to Swindon’s Branch Manager, Alison Gilbert, before Abbi was rewarded with a Bear and Hare rucksack as a thank you for her book.

Alison Gilbert, branch manager said: “We were delighted that Abbi felt so inspired and caught up in our Christmas story. It was lovely to meet her, and who knows there may be a story writer of the future here…”

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