Santa's Story

The cover won me over with it's promise of Christmas fun and wintery, Santa scenes. Once the cover was open, it grew even more jollier than I expected.Santa's packed his sleigh and is ready to head-out on Christmas Eve to deliver the presents to all those boys and girls. But there's one problem. The reindeer are no where in sight!Considering the beautiful illustrations, I was expecting a deeper or more traditional story...which it does not have. Instead, its' a super cute read packed with humor for especially the younger age group, ages 2 to 5. Santa is portrayed wonderfully in the illustrations, holding a friendly, likable appearance, which makes it hard not to smile. The wintery scene is also well done and draws into Christmas dreams. But it's the deer, which pack personality, and this comes across with tons of humor. It's fun to see what each one is up to with every flip of the page because it isn't what one might expect.The writing is kept light and makes a wonderful read-aloud. Written in short sentences and phrases, it also carries fonts to change and illustrate sound effects. While there is a lovely tale of Santa trying to get his reindeer together, this book holds more and makes sure that something is always happening to keep boredom away. So, even those with short-attention spans will enjoy it. The only problem it has as a read-aloud (and this is a tiny one) is the two word phrase above each reindeer (the name with a one-word action). It's printed a bit small, making it a little more difficult for the reader when showing the book and reading it to a group at the same time. For smaller groups or those who read it alone, this isn't an issue, though.Humor and holiday cheer radiate from every page with reindeer in situations no one expects. Even the ending has a super-cute twist, and it definitely is packed with holiday joy.

This is a super cute story about Santa trying to leave on Christmas Eve to deliver presents and the reindeer aren’t quite ready to go! I loved the illustrations. Very heartfelt story perfect book to read to children or grandchildren around the holidays.

I purchased this book as a gift for a great-niece. While I haven't given it to her yet, I have reviewed it with her parents (I try to do that with all my book gifts, so the parents know what is coming, and have a chance to veto it for whatever reason), and it gets a thumbs-up. Cute illustrations, easy to read, age-appropriate.

Art is wonderful, but story is just ok. Not a story about santa, but rather a story that santa reads to his reindeer.

This was a book that I gave my granddaughter for Christmas. She was only 2 and enjoyed the story and the beautiful illustrations by Will. A great story to read for Christmas.

I bought this book for a child. I am sure that she will like it.

I wasn't impressed with the story, and the illustrations were OK, but nothing special. I bought this as a Christmas gift for my young neighbor, but am now buying a Shel Silverstein book, as I know those are good.

This is a good book for Christmas I really like the reindeers but some words like vexed doesn’t make sense to me also a great book 🤘🤩😎⚛️🤣💩😮😏😘😑🤭