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Santa's on His Way

A Changing-Picture Book
by Ruth MARTIN
978-0-76365-555-6.
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K-Gr 2—Like last year's The First Christmas (Candlewick, 2010), this cheerful tale of Santa getting ready for his big night has "changing-pictures," which are created by overlaying two images, divided into horizontal or vertical slats. In this case, the images change when a flap is opened. On December 19th, Santa brushes the reindeer; on the 20th he encourages his elves to get those toys ready; on the 21st he shines up the sleigh, and so forth. Williams's soft-focus pastel illustrations convey a childlike sense of wonder and magic, and the changing scenes provide forward momentum to go along with the text. This sturdier than usual toy-movable book could be used in a holiday storytime and would probably survive numerous one-on-one readings.—Mara Alpert, Los Angeles Public Library
Reviewed by Mara Alpert , Oct 01, 2011

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