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How The Russian Snow Maiden Helped Santa Claus

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This is a beautifully illustrated book about how a young Russian girl helps Santa Claus. It is a wonderful introduction to the variety of ways that Christmas is celebrated in other countries, but retains enough focus on the US to make it interesting to young Americans. My daughters love the book and I enjoy reading it to them as the story is interesting for both children and adults.

In this engaging story, the Snow Maiden's dilemma can be appreciated by all ages. At the point where the Snow Maiden makes a significant contribution to Santa's inventory, she gains self confidence and happiness. A perfect book for reading aloud over the Holidays! Children and adults will delight in exploring the plentiful illustrations.

Review written by Jessie Palmer: Grandmother, elementary school teacher, and reading specialist.

I bought this book for my daughter who was adopted from Russia. It has wonderful, colorful illustrations. The story is very cute and it introduces some Russian words and cultural aspects. It does a good job of connecting Russia's Christmas customs to our Christmas customs. I know my daughter will love it when I give it to her for Christmas.

This is a sweet adventure story with magical illustrations and a real "Christmasy" feel to it. It's about sharing and helping a friend in need. It's in a class with "Polar Express."

This is a lovely book, with great illustrations that children and adults enjoy! A sweet story! Really worth having.

This book is an excellent blend of Western and Russian holiday traditions. The illustrations are quite charming, in the style of Russian matryoshka dolls.

Great book to introduce you to Russian Christmas traditions and a some common words. The illustrations in this book are great and done in the Russian style (The illustrator was is a Russian Artist).

This story blends the Western and Russian traditions of Christmas in a way that children and parents will enjoy year after year.

Here's a Christmas children's book that is #32 in books of its kind, and ranked 49,000 overall...and amazon has it available in 2 to 4 weeks, just a week before Christmas. Happily, it's available in many other sites on the web.

The author and illustrator manage to do something that is rarely achievable -- an interetsting story incorporating inter-cultural elements. I bought this book for my son last Christmas and will buy these books as presents for my friends' kids this Christmas. Illustrations in this book are beautiful!

I read this book to my daughter's kindergarten class and gave the book to the teacher for Christmas. They loved it. I also took my daughter's matryoshka (nesting doll) to show the children, since the book talks about those. It was a great way to introduce them to some Russian holiday traditions with enough connection to Santa Claus that they didn't just think of it as foreign. But it really ought to be offered as a boxed set with a matryoshka just like the one described in the book! That would be really a wonderful gift.