Selfie the Elfie

by Savage Steve Holland, Andrea Tripke (Illustrator)

Overview

Santa’s workshop is a very busy place—even for Sophie, who is in charge of tying bows on every present. But when she starts taking selfies with her handy-dandy camera phone, everyone in the workshop easily gets distracted... Until Santa’s Big Night Delivery Suit goes missing! In this fun and whimsical Christmas story, can the reader find the trail to Santa’s suit? Will Sophie’s selfies save the day?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780999024973
Publisher:	Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
Publication date:	10/01/2019
Edition description:	None
Pages:	40
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	5 - 7 Years

About the Author

Savage Steve Holland is a writer and director who is best known for his insane 1980s cult films. He lives in Los Angeles, California. Andrea Tripke is a German-born artist. She is the illustrator of A Girl Named October. She lives in Melbourne, Florida.

Editorial Reviews

"Santa's workshop is a very busy place — even for Sophie, who is in charge of tying bows on every present. But when she starts taking selfies with her handy-dandy camera phone, everyone in the workshop easily gets distracted... Until Santa's Big Night Delivery Suit goes missing! The collaborative work of author Savage Steve Holland and artist/illustrator Andrea Tripke, Selfie the Elfie is an original, fun, and whimsical Christmas picture story that invites children ages 5-7 to find the trail to Santa's suit and hope that Will Sophie's selfies will save the day!" —James Cox, Midwest Book Review

From the Publisher

2019-07-28
A selfie-obsessed elf saves Christmas.

Sophie the elf (who appears white with light skin, blonde hair, and blue eyes; some other elves have brown skin, though most look like her though with significantly less-voluminous hair) just loves taking pictures on her "camera phone." In fact, she loves taking pictures so much that she starts to annoy others with her frequent selfies, and she neglects her assigned job of "tying bows on every present that was stuffed into Santa's sleigh." Santa isn't pleased to notice "piles of presents without any bows," but fortunately Sophie quickly catches up on her duties. Unfortunately, Santa can't find his suit when it's time for him to get into his sleigh; it was mislaid when Sophie's bow-tying negligence distracted him. All's well that ends well when Sophie sees a photo of the suit on her phone and directs Santa to its location under a Christmas tree. Why no one could see it in the actual room is unclear, and this is just one piece of the storytelling that's rather lackluster. Illustrations, too, leave something to be desired, with a cartoon aesthetic that seems at once stiff and oddly disproportionate and a palette that inexplicably colors the reindeer blue.

Ho, ho hum. (Picture book. 4-7)

Kirkus Reviews