The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus

✍ Scribed by Baum, Lyman Frank

• Book ID: 106914026
• Publisher: Running Press
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 57 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9780762427963

✦ Synopsis

From School Library Journal

Grade 1-3–In this significantly shortened version of Baum's 1902 tale, readers learn that Santa Claus, abandoned as a baby, was adopted and raised by a wood-nymph in the magical forest of Burzee. After he grows up and learns about the human world he came from, he decides to devote his life to helping children, and the rest is history. Baum's original language, florid and wordy, has been pared down into a more readable and modern narrative. The large format, brimming with plenty of lush full- and double-page paintings depicting fairies, sprites, Knooks, and a very comely young Claus, will appeal to many children. The Land of Faerie plotline is a tad odd, but all the elements of Santa Claus's story (the reindeer, the chimney-clambering) are reassuringly present.–_Eva Mitnick, Los Angeles Public Library_ END

Review

_School Library Journal_, October 2009
“The large format, brimming with plenty of lush full- and double-page paintings depicting fairies, sprites, Knooks, and a very comely young Claus, will appeal to many children.”

_Publishers Weekly_, 10/26/09
“…lavishly detailed…Santa’s evolution from humble woodsman to the man in the red suit will delight readers and answer a few questions to boot.”

_The Columbus Dispatch_, 11/15/09
“In 1902, the creator of The Wizard of Oz series published his imaginings of the origin of Santa Claus. St. Nick was raised by woodland fairies, grew to love children and wanted to be their champion, and eventually became immortal. Santore's page-filling paintings are equally magical.”