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Author
Publisher
Tundra Books ; [New York]
Publication Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 0.5
Language
English
Description
"Santa's parents think their little one is absolutely wonderful, even though he has a booming voice instead of a baby's gurgle, loves to stand in front of the refrigerator, gives his birthday presents away, trains his hamsters to pull a matchbox sleigh ... and has an unusual interest in chimneys. The adorably funny portrait of an oddball kid who fulfills his destiny--and two very proud parents."-- From Amazon.com.
2) Santa who?
Author
Publisher
Morrow Junior Books
Publication Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 0.5
Language
English
Description
Describes the origins and evolution of Santa Claus, from the Turkish Saint Nicholas to the jolly, red-suited Santa of today. Also discusses similar legendary figures in other cultures.
Author
Publication Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 0.5
Language
English
Description
A World of Cookies for Santa takes readers across the globe to see all the treats that await Santa on Christmas Eve. M. E. Furman provides recipes for children to bake some of Santa's cookies for themselves.
5) Little Santa
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Publication Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 0.5
Language
English
Description
A resident of the North Pole with the ability to slide up and down chimneys meets a flying reindeer and some industrious elves, in this fictional biography of Santa Claus.
10) THE SANTA CLAUSE
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Publication Date
[2002], c1994
Language
English
Description
Scott is distressed to learn that his ex-wife and her husband have informed his son, Charlie, that there is no Santa Claus. While a sullen Charlie visits his dad on Christmas Eve, a noise on the roof brings them outside. It turns out that there is a Santa after all, and Scott has just accidentally killed him. Because of "the Santa clause," Scott inherits the job of Santa. As the next year passes, Scott rapidly gains weight, grows a white beard and...
Author
Publication Date
1985
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 0.5
Language
English
Description
Veering from the convivial, scene-centered graphic interpretation often associated with this classic, Würbs offers a sparer take, narrowing each scene to softly focused images that are more suggestive than representational. The poem's opening lines are accompanied by an image of a lone candle burning in a brass candleholder, and the sleigh's rooftop landing shows two shadowy reindeer heads emerging from behind a foregrounded stone chimney. Santa's...
14) SNOW
Publisher
Gaiam
Publication Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
When his baby reindeer is stolen, Nick Claus travels the San Diego Zoo to rescue it, only to find true love in the process.
Author
Publication Date
1996
Language
English
Description
Children have believed the legend forever: On one evening each year a jolly old elf and eight reindeer fly all night long to deliver gifts around the world. The fact is, solid evidence abounds. Robert Sullivan, a senior editor at Life magazine, diligently gathered documentation from scientists, historians, zoologists, and Arctic explorers to prove that Santa is not just a myth. First, the reindeer: Do they really fly? "We used to think it was just...
Author
Publisher
Schiffer Kids
Publication Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Can you imagine what would happen if Santa forgot to take his GPS with him on Christmas Eve and got lost delivering the presents? In this silly look at Santa Claus in a number of worst-case scenarios, kids and parents alike will laugh out loud at the million and one little things that could go wrong, from Santa having to pull his sleigh himself because the reindeer are tired, or getting the presents mixed up so you accidentally end up with Grandma's...
Author
Publisher
Golden Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books
Publication Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"Every Christmas Eve, Santa flies around the world, delivering presents to good children. But before that, he stops at Disneyland to spread a little holiday cheer at the happiest place on Earth!" -- Amazon.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Publication Date
2009, 2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
When he and his caravan come crashing down to earth during a thunderstorm two weeks before Christmas, Santa is befriended by two children, Charlotte and Ben, who try to help him save the holiday from the tricks and moneymaking schemes of Gerold Geronimus Goblynch and to take off in time for his annual rounds.