Santa S New Reindeer Team

In this graphic story of Christmas Fantasy Amuel Ulysses Strutz offers an intimate, incredible story about "Santa Land". This story will fascinate those from three to ninety-three of age and will capture your mind and especially the child's mind as you read it to them. It flows so well that it seems as if you are reading a true to life story. The many characters of Santa, Mrs. Santa, the Christmas Fairy, the twelve Christmas Angels, the twenty-four elves, the snowmen, and "Santa's New Reindeer Team" will seem realistic and hold your interest with great excitement to read on and discover the mystery of what happened to "Santa's Old Reindeer Team". You will see! This is by far the most captivating Christmas Story with illustrations that one can assuredly read and view. The characters have a real life revealing make up. The author has cleverly written this book so you will have a yearning to read it non-stop. The last few lines of this story reveals a surprise ending from mysterious to an emotional ending. This is a MUST book to read. The author is originally from North Dakota and is now living in Walnut Creek, California. It is thought that he still believes in Santa Claus, no wonder he knew so much about "Santa Land".

You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen, right? They’re Santa’s reindeer! And they’ve been pulling his sleigh for quite a long time...since 1823 to be exact. The time has come for Santa’s team of reindeer to pass the torch of responsibility on to the next generation of reindeer, but who will they be? Meet Ruby, Pirin, Pacer and Golden, along with Titan, Jubilee and Digeridoo, too! Each member of Santa’s new team brings something unique and special to the team. Together they have been chosen to take on the important task of guiding Santa’s sleigh. There is just one problem: With so many talented reindeer, how will they decide who will lead the sleigh? A playful response to the poem A Visit from St. Nicholas by Clement Clarke Moore, Santa’s New Team will inspire the next generation of readers by sharing with them a story of perseverance, comradery, inclusion, and diversity, while demonstrating that we are stronger together when we share our talents with one another and work as a team.

Presents an account of how reindeer are raised at the North Pole by Santa and his helpers, with details on the skills they have to learn, the chores they have to do, and the tricks they like to play on the elves, along with descriptions of the personalities of some of the most famous reindeer.

Auditioning animals to pull his sleigh for his first Christmas, Santa is dismayed to discover that no one seems quite right for the job, in this hilarious, behind-the-scenes story about Santa's reindeer crew.

An account of the activities of Santa's reindeer during the off-season.

After decades of the same Santa's reindeer we have all come to know, it is time for Santa to have some additional sleigh-pulling friends. Bedwin's New Team exemplifies how Santa uses twenty-first century technology to solicitate the aid of reindeer throughout the northern hemisphere. As an added feature, there is an undercurrent of reindeer education intertwined in the story that will interest both young and young at heart alike. This heartwarming little tale hints at the trials and tribulations of Bedwin's mother as she makes her journey to the North Pole and experiences the birth of her calf and how Bedwin comes to be named Bedwin and mature to be the leader of Santa's new team. Parents and educators in particular will enjoy this tale for the content they might not otherwise have known. It is sure to be enjoyed for many years to come.

In "The Legend of Ranger," Alan Salisbury's words and Roberta Baird's whimsical artwork create the magic of the Christmas season with the tale of a young reindeer named Ranger who has a big dream--to be part of the reindeer team that pulls Santa's big sleigh. Ranger searches all over Santaland for someone who can teach him the secret of flying, but everyone he asks, including the oldest and wisest elves, Mrs. Claus, and even his brother Rudolph, gives him the same advice: "The secret lies within." Determined to fulfill his dream, Ranger must figure out the secret for himself. An emergency trip to Krystalwite to help the sick reindeer at the North Pole offers Ranger the opportunity to play a part in saving Christmas and, along the way, learn what it is that lies within. "The Legend of Ranger" contains a heartening and inspirational message about the power of believing in yourself no matter what challenges lie ahead.

"T'was the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring-not even a mouse." This timeless poem is so well known to children and so often recited by adults it is virtually a part of our common heritage. Written on Christmas Eve in 1822-in a horse-drawn sleigh with jingling bells according to legend-it evokes the excitement and good cheer of Christmas Eve like no other work of American literature. Paired with Thomas Nast's drawings of St. Nicholas, from which we derive the classic image of Santa Claus, this lovely edition may well become the quintessential American Christmas book for children of all ages.