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Gr 1-4-This long-winded and awkward mix of an established legend and a newly created fantasy never really gets off the ground. Green introduces an original crew of "Sleigh Team Leaders" (pre-Rudolph) such as Galloper, Twister, and Felix and explains the finer facets of reindeer life at the North Pole through brief info-bits. An odd and assorted selection of calligraphic fonts decorates the dark and undefined illustrations. An attempt to be quaint often falls flat with generic sentences such as "Reindeer look forward to a visit from Santa Claus even more than children look forward to him coming on Christmas Eve." Santa's Reindeer will not make anyone believe in the magic of Christmas.-Madeline J. Bryant, Los Angeles Public Library
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Overview
Have you ever heard a reindeer's sleigh bells in the sky on Christmas Eve?
Have you ever heard a reindeer's hoofbeat on the roof of your house?
Or listened to the clatter of antlers outside in the darkness?
Of course you haven't!
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