Santa's Favorite Story [Library Binding]

Hisako Aoki (Author), Hisako Aoki (Author), Ivan Gantschev (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up

One day a fox finds Santa asleep under a tree. How will Christmas come if Santa is too tired to deliver his gifts? To help the animals understand that Christmas would come even if he didn't, Santa tells his favorite story of the first Christmas. Full color throughout.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Library Binding
• Publisher: Sagebrush Education Resources (October 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0833574140
• ISBN-13: 978-0833574145
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 8.2 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,300,883 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book deserves to be bought :-), October 27, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Santa's Favorite Story (Aladdin Picture Books) (Paperback)

Santa goes for a walk in the woods to get in shape for Christmas deliveries. However, he gets tired and ends up falling asleep under a tree. When the forest animals gather 'round him and he tells them he might be too tired to deliver the presents this year, an alarmed fox asks, "Does that mean there won't be a Christmas anymore?" Santa replies, "No, no no...Christmas hasn't got anything to do with me." And he tells them his favorite story -- about the first Christmas, when Jesus the Son of God was born. He concludes, "Love was the gift God gave to us on the first Christmas, and it still is, you know. And this love is far better than any presents I can ever deliver." Re-energized by his remembering of the story, he and the animals return to his house to prepare for Christmas and deliver the presents.

This is an equally fun and meaningful story. The illustrations are lovely, too. I plan to make the reading of this book a part of our family's Christmas tradition.

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Christmas hasn't got anything to do with Santa!, December 10, 2001

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Volkert Volkersz (Snohomish, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Santa's Favorite Story (Aladdin Picture Books) (Paperback)

"No, no, no," said Santa in a kindly voice, "Christmas hasn't got anything to do with me. Sit down and I'll tell you all the story of the first Christmas."

"Santa's Favorite Story" is an attractively illustrated (with watercolors) picture book for children, which helps to de-emphasize Santa's role in Christmas, and helps to place the focus where it should belong. I'm sure the real Saint Nicholas would agree that it's part of his favorite story as well! (For more on the real St. Nicholas, take a look at "The Saint Nicholas Secret," by Dennis E. Engleman, available here at Amazon.com.)

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite children's Christmas story!, December 14, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Santa's Favorite Story (Hardcover)

I stumbled across this title several years ago and it has become my favorite. When the animals at the North Pole find Santa too tired to make his rounds the animals are afraid there will be not Christmas. But Santa reassures them he is not what Christmas is really about and tells them the reason for the season. Beautiful illustrations too!