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The six Herdman children are “absolutely the worst kids in the history of the world”. They lie and steal and smoke cigars. They even burned down Fred Shoemaker’s old toolhouse. Now they’re taking over the Christmas pageant. The Herdmans have never heard the Christmas story before, and they don’t know anything about shepherds or Wise Men. When Imogene hears about the swaddling clothes, she demands to know why anyone would tie up a baby and put him in a feedbox.

The Herdmans are the worst kids in the history of the world. They lie, steal, smoke cigars, swear, and hit little kids. So no one is prepared when this outlaw family invades church one Sunday and decides to take over the annual Christmas pageant.

When anything goes wrong at Woodrow Wilson Elementary School, from the hexing of Bus Six to the mysterious disappearance of the kindergarten gerbil, it's sure to have a Herdman behind it. The Herdmans are more than famous, they're outlaws. They smoke cigars, lie, and set fire to things, and that's only when they bother to come to school!

The Herdmans plus Halloween have always spelled disaster. Every year, these six kids, the worst in the history of Woodrow Wilson School and possibly even the world, wreak havoc on the whole town. They steal candy, spray-paint kids, and take anything that's not nailed down. Now the mayor has had it. He's decided to cancel Halloween. The Herdmans manage to turn the worst Halloween ever into the best Halloween ever in this uproarious sequel to The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.

Na, dann fröhliche Weihnachten! Die Kinder aus der Familie Herdmann lügen, klauen, rauchen Zigarren und bringen die Nachbarn zur Verzweiflung. Der gesamte Stadtteil zittert, wenn die Herdmanns kommen! Und jetzt soll diese Bande zu Weihnachten ein Krippenspiel aufführen? Das kann ja nicht gutgehen! Oder doch? Der etwas andere Weihnachtsklassiker erstmals als ungekürzte Lesung, mit neuem Cover der vielfach ausgezeichneten Illustratorin Anke Kuhl.

Der ganze Stadtteil ist sich einig: Die Herdmann-Kinder sind die schlimmsten Kinder aller Zeiten. Sie lügen, klauen, rauchen Zigarren (auch die Mädchen)...