Elf: A Junior Novel [Paperback]

Ellen Weiss (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up | Series: Elf

This full-length retelling brings Buddy's adventures in New York City to life. Follow Buddy, his father Walter, and even Santa Claus, as Buddy injects the spirit of Christmas back into his father and everyone he comes in contact with. Buddy shows them what's important in life through a series of actions and mishaps. And in the end, Buddy actually save Christmas! Containing an 8- page insert of full-color images from the film, this is an ideal choice for older fans!

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Paperback: 152 pages
• Publisher: Price Stern Sloan (October 13, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0843107715
• ISBN-13: 978-0843107715
• Product Dimensions: 4.3 x 0.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,271,645 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Ellen Weiss has lost count of how many kids' books she's written, that's how long she's been doing it. There are probably over 200, from board books to chapter books to middle-grade novels, fiction and nonfiction, silly and serious. They have won many awards, and have been adapted into a Disney TV movie and a BBC radio play. Two of them, THE TAMING OF LOLA and PORKY AND BESS, were named Bank Street Best Books of 2010. She loves to collaborate, and she often writes with her husband, Mel Friedman. She also loves to rescue stray dogs, but she had to stop when the aforementioned Mel Friedman told her he would divorce her if she brought home one more filthy, un-housebroken, weird mutt.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious Movie Novelization, January 10, 2004

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Erika Sorocco (Southern California, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Elf: A Junior Novel (Paperback)

One Christmas Eve, while Santa Claus is visiting a children's orphanage, Buddy, a tiny baby, crawls into Santa's sack while looking for a stuffed teddy bear, and ends up being taken back to the North Pole, where he is kept, and raised by elves. Thirty years later, at 6'2, Buddy still believes that he is truly an elf. That is, until his adoptive elf father tells him the truth, that he is actually a human, and that his biological father lives in New York City, but is also on the naughty list. Buddy decides to set off to find his father, and to not only convince him that he is his son, but also to help him make the big leap from the naughty list to the nice list.

After seeing the movie ELF, I just had to read the movie novelization. Identical to the movie, this book will offer laughs for children and adults of all ages, as they follow Buddy on his crazy adventures all over New York City. A must-have novelization for the holiday season, or any time of the year.

Erika Sorocco