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How does Santa know how to match the exact right toy with the exact right kid every December?

He knows because he's the world's number one kid and toy and gift expert, and he works long, long hours the whole year through, taking notes, compiling his research, thinking and testing and changing his mind. Then, at last, he gets it all figured out, and on Christmas morning, he makes magic happen.

Celebrated author-illustrator Marla Frazee's fresh, lively take on a traditional subject is sure to become a favorite with young believers everywhere. With delicious humorous moments and a warm, unexpected ending, this book is ...

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Overview

How does Santa know how to match the exact right toy with the exact right kid every December?

He knows because he's the world's number one kid and toy and gift expert, and he works long, long hours the whole year through, taking notes, compiling his research, thinking and testing and changing his mind. Then, at last, he gets it all figured out, and on Christmas morning, he makes magic happen.

Celebrated author-illustrator Marla Frazee's fresh, lively take on a traditional subject is sure to become a favorite with young believers everywhere. With delicious humorous moments and a warm, unexpected ending, this book is truly a Christmas treat, one that begs to be read aloud and savored year after year.

Santa Claus has his own ways of knowing more about children and toys than anyone else in the world.

Editorial Reviews

Publishers Weekly
Where's the biggest think-tank for market research on kids and toys? Look no further than the North Pole. After all, Santa's made a whole career out of matching just the right child with just the right plaything "99.9% of the time./ That's almost always!" Frazee (Roller Coaster) takes a peek into all of St. Nick's thorough-but oh, so fun-work, filling her pages to the brim with kinetic images of Santa hula-hooping, checking his massive stockroom or surrounded by his elegantly wrapped gifts. Spot illustrations of kids sitting on Santa's lap or gleefully opening their presents are also a delight. Ages 3-7. (Oct.) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
Booklist

"Extraordinarily expressive . . . children . . . will thoroughly enjoy this rowdy holiday celebration."

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Kirkus Reviews
"He tests mechanical toys, bonds with stuffed animals, wraps everything and then carefully selects the right toy for every child."
Publishers Weekly
"Frazee takes a peek into all of St. Nick's thorough - but oh, so fun - work..."
School Library Journal
"A master at creating scenes and moods, ... readers will want to explore repeatedly."
The Horn Book Magazine

"Effortlessly clever . . . Frazee delivers the exact right book for the exact right season."

Children's Literature
Of course Santa has to be "the world's number one kid expert" as well as toy expert. Frazee's delightfully-appealing Santa works really hard at his job all year round, trying out the toys, and matching them up with the right kids. So it almost always works out just right on Christmas morning. Then Santa can enjoy the perfect gift he has picked out for himself. The spare text is merely an amusing frame for the detailed black-pencil and gouache illustrations: some double-page scenes of massed presents and wrapping papers, others flooded with vignettes of Santa and others in action. He deals with kids in his lap; he tries out the toys for quality check. The great double-page series of action vignettes as he tries out a pogo stick has 32 images snaking over and across the pages until the ultimate break-down. Previewed on the jacket (note the contrasting cover) this romp displays the artist's observational talents and the visual sense of humor that pervades the story. 2005, Harcourt, Ages 3 to 7.
—Ken Marantz and Sylvia Marantz
Kirkus Reviews
This unusual view of Santa Claus focuses solely on the jolly old fellow himself, because in Frazee's interpretation, dedicated Santa does all the work, all the time and all alone, from initial toy selection to final package delivery. He visits with numerous children and visits many others in his dreams, does research at his computer (asleep, head on desk), keeps meticulous records (hundreds of Post-its) and stockpiles all the toys in his vast warehouses. He tests mechanical toys (including a long, Frazee-style curl of pogo-stick bounces), bonds with stuffed animals, wraps everything and then carefully selects the right toy for each child. The concluding pages show two dozen children unwrapping their special gifts, with an exhausted Santa enjoying his own toy, a red bicycle, after his Christmas duties are done. Frazee uses her trademark approach in her colored-pencil and gouache illustrations, showing multiple images of Santa on a page to indicate motion or passage of time and adding typical Frazee humor to the mix. Her Santa has a genuine personality and some real-world workplace issues of overwork and frustration, but also pride in a job well done. An oversized, horizontal format adds to the unique view of this Santa's workaday world. (Picture book. 4-7)

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780547480749
  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • Publication date: 9/27/2010
  • Pages: 32
  • Sales rank: 489,538
  • Age range: 4 - 8 Years
  • Lexile: 0660L (what's this?)
  • Product dimensions: 6.50 (w) x 9.80 (h) x 0.10 (d)

Meet the Author

Marla Frazee
Marla Frazee

MARLA FRAZEE has illustrated many acclaimed picture books, including Hush, Little Baby: A Folk Song with Pictures, an ALA Notable Children's Book. Her picture book A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever received a Caldecott Honor in 2009. She lives with her family in Pasadena, California.

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