Silver Berries and Christmas Magic [Hardcover]

Urslan Judith Gaffington (Author), Urslan J. Graffington (Author), Steven Morris (Illustrator)

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Feminism has reached the North Pole, in the form of Tiemma Claus, an earth-mother cum good witch, who is married to Santa in this unbearably long picture-book fantasy. It seems Tiemma's magic, and the silver berries containing the "magic of children," produce the wind beneath Santa's reindeer and sleigh. Morris rises to the odd occasion, depicting dancing cookies, glowing berries, snow fairies and a conventionally comely if gray-haired Mrs. Claus. Ages 4-9.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Rivermoon Books; 1st edition (October 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0964781107
• ISBN-13: 978-0964781108
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,476,963 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A pick for Pagan parents!, January 3, 2001

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"arscos" (Madison, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Silver Berries and Christmas Magic (Hardcover)

This story is fabulous - A little girl learns of the power of children and that magic is everywhere, all you need to do is look. A couple of Snow Fairies tell the story of Tiemma Claus, Santa's wife, and how she, with the help of children, help Santa's growing problem of getting to all the world's children in one night. Tiemma is the star, and she is a beautiful, white haired, thoughful, woman full of love, insight, and inspiration. Empowering of the female role in a traditionally male story - without downplaying the importance of Santa's role. Christmas takes on an ancient pagan element as the north polers celebrate the Winter Solstice, magic is conjured, and joy abounds. Magical illustrations... Thank you Ms. Gaffington!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A pick for Pagan parents!, January 3, 2001

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"arscos" (Madison, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Silver Berries and Christmas Magic (Hardcover)

This story is fabulous - A little girl learns of the power of children and that magic is everywhere, all you need to do is look. A couple of Snow Fairies tell the story of Tiemma Claus, Santa's wife, and how she, with the help of children, help Santa's growing problem of getting to all the world's children in one night. Tiemma is the star, and she is a beautiful, white haired, thoughful, woman full of love, insight, and inspiration. Empowering of the female role in a traditionally male story - without downplaying the importance of Santa's role. Christmas takes on an ancient pagan element as the north polers celebrate the Winter Solstice, magic is conjured, and joy abounds. Magical illustrations... Thank you Ms. Gaffington!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Magical and Beautiful, November 30, 2000

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"mnmama" (Minnetonka, MN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Silver Berries and Christmas Magic (Hardcover)

This is a magical story. The illustrations are gorgeous, and the story is both fun and meaningful. It's a traditional story of Santa's yearly gift-giving trip, but it's focus is on Tiemma Claus, Santa's wife, who finds a special and magical solution to Santa's growing problem of reaching all the children in one night. There are elves, raindeer, children and snow fairies. Compassion, clear and deep thinking, and love and joy abound. I came looking for other books by the author, and am sad to find this is the only offering so far. Definitely an author (and illustrator) going on my "Watch for new books" list.