Do Not Bring Your Dragon to the Library by Julie Gassman
Have you ever thought about bringing your dragon to the library? Don't do it! You might have the best intentions, but that dragon will cause nothing but trouble. Using rhyming text and a diverse cast of characters, this charming picture book will provide some important—and some not so important—library etiquette in a very entertaining way.
Baby Santa and the Missing Reindeer
by M. Maitland DeLand
Blurb:It's almost Christmas Day when
Santa awakes to find that his reindeer are missing!
Santa's
reindeer have flown off to have a little fun before Christmas. But who will
bring them back to the North Pole in time to help deliver gifts? Why, Baby
Santa, of course!
While Santa
and the elves hurry to finish making gifts for all the good boys and girls,
Baby Santa and Rudolph take flight around the globe to round up the mischievous
reindeer.
As the
reindeer are collected, one by one, charming illustrations portray how
Christmas is celebrated around the world. From fireworks in Brazil to wooden
shoes filled with gifts in Paris, Christmas is a time of joy for children on
every continent. No wonder the reindeer headed out for some international fun!
Baby Santa's Worldwide Christmas Adventure by M. Maitland DeLand
Blurb:What in the world is Santa going to do when his sleigh breaks down?
The presents are packed up, Santa is ready . . . but where is his magical sleigh? For the first time in history, Santa's sleigh is broken. Santa is grounded on the most important night of the year. How will children around the world get their presents?
Baby Santa, the youngest member of the Claus family, comes to the rescue. With his boundless energy, bright smile, and bouncy enthusiasm, Santa's son hatches a plan to save Christmas and have a traveling adventure at the same time.
Baby Santa takes his father on a great Christmas race around the world. Leaping into jeeps, cavorting on camels, and balancing in balloons, Baby Santa and his dad rely on local transportation to help them deliver presents to each and every locale.
With ingenuity and insight, Baby Santa saves Christmas and shows what sons and fathers can accomplish when they work together. This inspiring story will liven up the holidays as children (and their parents) experience the wonders of traveling the globe with the youngest adventurer from the North Pole.
Blurb: This engaging board book offers a
unique interactive experience for young children. Each page introduces a
different animal with a suggestion for how a child can imitate that animal,
such as ‘I can roar like a lion’ and
‘I can snap like a turtle.’ In place
of the animal's face on each brightly illustrated page is a four-inch circular
cut-out, allowing the child to insert his or her own face and pretend to
be the animal by acting out what the text instructs. Alternating between animal
sounds (‘I can hoot like an owl’) and
animal actions (‘I can stick out my
tongue like a snake’), this book provides children with loads of
opportunities for imaginative play. It is also an excellent resource for
teaching the youngest children about many kinds of animals. From a walrus to a
cow, a cat to a bear, seventeen are featured in all, including household pets,
farm favorites and creatures that live in the wild. The final page of the book
concludes with the empowering message ‘I
can be anything!’ Created by the bestselling and award-winning author and
illustrator Frank Asch, this book would work beautifully for a creative
activity with preschoolers or kindergartners. It could be used one on one with
a child or could be passed around the circle allowing each youngster to take a
turn with the next animal. This is a truly fun book that young children are
sure to request.
Baby Santa and the Lost Letters by M. Maitland Deland
Blurb: Only a week until Christmas, and the last delivery of children's Christmas letters to Santa have not arrived at the North Pole!
Santa and his elves are ready to finish making presents . . . but where is the last batch of Christmas letters? For the first time in history, the mailbox at the North Pole is empty. If Santa can’t find the missing letters, Christmas will be ruined for children across the world. Just when it seems that all is lost, out jumps Baby Santa. The youngest member of the Claus family relies on his quick wits, his winning attitude, and his endless energy to solve the mystery of the lost letters with help from remarkable animal characters around the globe. Responding to a cry for help, penguins, kangaroos, and even a three-toed sloth cooperate with friends on every continent in an amazing race to save the holidays. With a boundless spirit of cooperation, Baby Santa proves that Christmas is for every living being. Children and their parents will thrill to this exciting holiday adventure guided by the youngest member of the Claus family, Baby Santa.
Blurb:When disaster strikes the North
Pole, who will help Santa save Christmas?
When Santa
and his elves realize that they have left the name tags off all the Christmas
gifts, panic strikes the North Pole. How will they figure out which child gets
what present? Is Christmas doomed?
Just when
all seems lost, out pops Baby Santa from under a pile of bright Christmas
paper. Santa's inquisitive young son has helped wrapped all the gifts and knows
just where each one is going. Baby Santa wants to ride in the magic sleigh and
help his father deliver the gifts.
Santa
decides to give Baby Santa a chance. Father and son fly off into the Christmas
Eve sky, and their family adventure begins.
This heartwarming
tale of father and son introduces readers to a new Christmas character who is
certain to become a Yule-time legend. The rambunctious, unpredictable Baby
Santa demonstrates that every member of the family can help out, no matter how
big the emergency.
This is the
first book in the Baby Santa series, enchanting children with
the amazing adventures of the youngest member of the Claus family.
Santa's Cookie Elf by Richard Parrette Jr. My rating: 4 of 5 stars My daughter (5yrs old) and I read this book together. She said that the pictures made her feel happy and that she thought the elf was funny when he ate all the millions of cookies. She wants to try the recipes at the end of the book, but we haven't yet.
This was a reviewer's copy from Netgalley.
The review is solely the opinions of my 5-year-old daughter.
