Santa Baby
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
Jonathan Stutzman and Heather Fox, the duo behind Llama Destroys the World, take their trademark hijinks up to the North Pole in this laugh-out-loud, heartfelt Christmas-themed picture book.
Santa is feeling old, and being in the business of Christmas for centuries is . . . well, it isn't all milk and cookies. In hopes of regaining some of his pep, Santa asks the spirit of Christmas to give him something for a change: skim off a couple of years and make him younger.
But Christmas magic is powerful, and Santa gets more than he wished for. Instead of a fresh new outlook and boundless energy, he needs diapers and a nap—stat. With Christmas only a few days away, the elves rush to teach Santa Baby the basics. But will there be enough time to prepare their new bundle of holiday joy for the job?
Funny and spirited, bright and inspiring, and with an unforgettable title, Santa Baby is destined to be a yuletide read families revisit every year.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this sprightly caper, Santa is feeling no holiday spirit and his body aches ("Ho, Ho, Oww"), so he summons the "magic of Christmas" to make him young again. When he morphs from an old man into a baby, the elves frantically test his Santa skills, and he fails miserably and comically. He refuses to pop down chimneys, opens rather than delivers packages, and chews his list, twice. But thinking of the children he'll disappoint if he doesn't make his Christmas Eve rounds, he dons his "big-boy cap," climbs into his "safety-approved sleigh-seat" and takes off. After stumbling, he "hurried down the chimney in fright" (a riff on the 1950s song with which this volume shares a name), but encounters a girl whose kindness rekindles the "beauty and wonder of Christmas" and he's restored to his jolly old self. The developmental logic is iffy how does Santa Baby understand the global stakes when he can't even say "Ho Ho Ho"? but Fox's bustling digital cartoons and the elves' attempts to communicate with their blathering infant boss amplify the tale's blithe humor. Ages 4 8. (Sept.)
