Superstar illustrator Nick Sharratt takes inspiration from a celebration of the winter solstice in this charming and colourful Little Gem.Superstar illustrator Nick Sharratt takes inspiration from a celebration of the winter solstice in this charming and colourful Little Gem.On a dark winter-s evening at the end of December, something strange is happening in the school playground. Lessons finished long ago, but there are lots of children still at school and they-re all carrying - clocks! Clocks of every shape and size - big, small, round and square, heart-shaped, star-shaped. What-s going on? Join the children and find out as they celebrate the winter solstice on the shortest day of the year - marching through the town in the Carnival of the Clocks!