Elf: Elf and the City [Paperback]

Leslie Goldman (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up | Series: Elf

This chapter book based on the movie Elf tells the story of the 6'2" tall elf Buddy and his adventures in the big city! When Buddy leaves the North Pole in search of his biological father, a disillusioned children's book publisher in Manhattan, goofy mishaps abound! With the help of some new friends, Buddy injects the spirit of Christmas back into his father! Illustrated with full- color captured images and featuring action-packed short chapters and simple text, this story is just right for newly-independent readers not quite ready for a full novelization of the movie.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 7 and up
  
• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: Price Stern Sloan (October 13, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0843107723
• ISBN-13: 978-0843107722
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #218,628 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Writing Locker Room Diaries was a labor of love, an extraordinary journey in which women of all ages, shapes, sizes, ethnicities and backgrounds invited me into their lives to talk about a deeply personal topic. And look what I found: we all hate negative - oftentimes hateful - feelings about our bodies. This thread wove itself throughout the life continuum, starting as early as age three, with little girls who refused to eat their juice and cookies at school because they were "on diets," to older women who still felt shame about their wrinkles and sags, even though their bodies had given life to others, had sustained them through disease... (thankfully, most of the older women I spoke with had much more positive things to say about coming to terms with their aging physiques!) The book has definitely struck a chord - I was interviewed on the Today Show in July by the lovely Natalie Morales and it was featured in People Magazine as well! I think that's because, despite the aforementioned examples, the book is not just another sad eating disorder tome - it's FUNNY! My humor and own body image foibles (from first time bikini waxing to germaphobic locker room visits) are interspersed throughout, as are quotes from scores of other women, making Locker Room Diaries truly a sort of diary - a peek into the minds of what other women really think. Take a look - I bet you'll relate.

Customer Reviews

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1.0 out of 5 stars Not what you think it is..., January 26, 2011

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Drew of Books - See all my reviews

This review is from: Elf: Elf and the City (Paperback)

This is not the story at the end of the movie, nor is it a synopsis of the movie. It is poorly written with a very weak plot and a trivial solution. It is a big waste of money and I won't even sell it back on here because I don't want to dissapoint someone else.

3.0 out of 5 stars Not what I expected, January 21, 2010

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suke - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Elf: Elf and the City (Paperback)

The description of the book wasn't very clear, I was expecting this to be the book that they have at the end of the movie, so somewhat disappointed I can't give to my young child for a few more years.