Tiny Reindeer
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- $10.99
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
Tiny Reindeer is too small to pull Santa's sleigh. Will he figure out a way to prove his worth before Christmas day? A sweet Christmas picture book for fans of When Santa Was a Baby and Dasher.
Santa and his reindeer are getting ready for Christmas, but Tiny Reindeer is too small to join in! Santa knows that a nudge in the right direction could change Tiny's life forever. When Tiny discovers a letter from a bereft little girl who is wishing for a tiny reindeer to match her grandfather's final gift, a hand-carved tiny sleigh, Tiny realizes that this might be his big chance. But will he have the courage to take a (literal) leap into the unknown? And what can Santa do to help?
This picture book is a sweet, funny and heartfelt look at being different and feeling too small to matter, and reassures readers that even the smallest gift -- whether it's a tiny reindeer or a seemingly small opportunity to help -- can bring lots of joy.
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Tiny, a "very, very tiny" palm-size reindeer in Santa's herd, is too small to help prepare for "the most important night of the year," but he finds his true mission when he is relegated to the mail room on the day before Christmas Eve. There, he discovers a heartfelt letter from a child asking Santa for a tiny reindeer to pull the tiny wooden sled that her grandfather carved for her. Stowing away on Santa's sleigh before Christmas Eve takeoff, Tiny later parachutes through the starry sky toward his destiny at the girl's house—with a little help from Santa, who appears white. In inviting ink and watercolor spreads, Naylor-Ballesteros offers a perennial lesson in finding where one belongs; young readers will thrill as the girl, who has light brown skin and dark brown curly hair, awakens and sees her four-legged gift, and Tiny at last feels right at home. Ages 3–7.
