Christine Kringle [Paperback]

Lynn Brittney (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 3, 2007

A fun Christmas fantasy book about the lives and working practices of the World's Christmas Gift Bringers and how the daughter of Kriss Kringle of the USA and her friends save Christmas from extinction in England.

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About the Author

Lynn Brittney has been a journalist, playwright and author for thirty years. Her first children's novel "Nathan Fox:Dangerous Times", an historical spy thriller, was published in the UK earlier this year. It was nominated for the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize and selected by the UK Government for its list of recommended reading for teenage boys. "Dangerous Times" is due to be released in the US in 2008. Book 2 of the "Nathan Fox" series will be published in the UK in 2008. "Christine Kringle" is Lynn Brittney's third children's novel and is intended to be the first in a series of Christmas adventures for Christine Kringle and her friends. Lynn lives in Devon, England.

Product Details

• Paperback: 180 pages
• Publisher: BookSurge Publishing; 2nd edition (October 3, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1419675540
• ISBN-13: 978-1419675546
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,611,798 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars The book that's too good for kids, October 4, 2009

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Christine Kringle is a funny, warm, quirky look at the whole business of Christmas. The main premise is that there is not just one Santa Claus but that every country has their own (of course! That's why they all have different names!) but that they are all part of a giant corporation called The Yule Dynasty. Each year, the Dynasty meets in conference to decide on the pressing matters of the day (what the next big toy will be, which countries are applying to join the Dynasty and so on.) The job of Gift Bringer usually passes from father to son but the Kringle family of the USA only have a daughter and this forms the basis of the hilarious plot to change the Constitution of the Yule Dynasty. Then, in the middle of the debate about whether women should inherit the Gift Bringer job, there is a global catastrophe. A town in England bans Christmas and the implications for the Yule Dynasty are tremendous. It's up to the Yule teenagers to save the day and save it they do (with the help of Babbo Nataleof Italy's flying Ferrari and the supervision of a couple of tall elves - if you want to know more about that you'll have to read the book.) It is a book that, so far, has had adults chuckling their way into Christmas all over the world. Don't miss out!

5.0 out of 5 stars Warm and Quite Hilarious Book, November 13, 2008

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L. M Young (Marietta, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Christine Kringle (Paperback)

Why on earth this isn't available in bookstores is anyone's guess, but their loss is Amazon's gain since you can order it here--which I heartily suggest you do! This is one of the funniest, most imaginative Christmas stories to "come down the pike" in years. Other folks have explained the plot, so there's no need for me to go into it. It will please not just "young adults" but those older as well--I finished it and handed it immediately over to my husband, who does not suffer Christmas sentimentality well, and he enjoyed it, too. Filled with memorable characters like La Befana, the Kringles, Nick Christmas, Little K, and Christine herself from the members of the Yule Dynasty along with Nick's mom Zasu (a tall elf) and her brother Egan, and the population of Plinkbury, this is a story you'll be chuckling about even after you've finished it--and you'll look forward to reading it again!

5.0 out of 5 stars SFC 5 star review, December 23, 2007

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Virginia S. Grenier "Children's Author & Stor... (Ivins, Utah USA) - See all my reviews
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Reviewed by: Stories for Children Magazine editor, VS Grenier

Many think there is only one Santa Claus who travels the world in one night. But, what if I told you there is really more than one Santa Claus. Actually there is even more than one gift bringer in some countries and every year they all come together at the Yule Conference in November.

This year the Yule Conference will be one to remember for many Yules in the Yule Dynasty. Kriss Kringle, the United States Santa, is hoping to change the Yule Dynasty rule about the job of Gift Bringer only being able to be handed down from father to son. You see, Christine Kringle is the daughter and only child Kriss Kringle has, and with no son to pass the family business to, the Kringles find themselves in a very serious situation indeed.

Christine is excited and nervous about this year's Yule Conference. She hopes the Yule Dynasty will pass the Kringle's motion to allow a daughter to become a Christmas Gift Bringer. She also meets two new friends, Little K from Japan and Nick from England, and learns one of them is also putting a motion before the Yule Dynasty. But before the motions can be resolved, disaster strikes. A small town in England decides to ban Christmas.

Christine, with the help of her two new friends, comes up with a plan to not only help the Kringles get their motion passed, but to also save Christmas before other towns follow the example of the small English town.

This story is enjoyable and brings the magic of Christmas back into the minds of those who have stopped believing. After all, the spirit of Christmas lives on forever and so does the Yule Dynasty, as the job of Christmas Gift Bringer is handed down from one generation to the next.