Santa Claus and the Three Bears

by Lou Peacock (Author) Margarita Kukhtina (Illustrator)

Reading Level: 2^nd − 3^rd Grade

A warm-hearted and witty fractured fairy-tale adventure for Christmas.

It's Christmas Eve and Father Christmas has fallen asleep at the Three Bears' cottage but nothing will wake him. It's up to Baby Bear and the Fairy-Tale Rescue Rangers to deliver the last presents so every child gets a gift. But how will they cross the Roaring Rushing River, navigate the Deepest Darkest Wood, and get past the Most Monstrous Mountain . . . all before the children wake up on Christmas morning?

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Gr 1-3--It's Christmas Eve, but Santa Claus is so sleepy that he cannot not stop yawning. He lands his sleigh at the Three Bears' house to take a short nap. No one is home, so he sits in a comfy chair and falls asleep. When the Three Bears return home, they find Santa and realize he still has gifts to deliver. Try as they might, they can't wake him. Finally, Baby Bear calls the Fairy-Tale Rescue Rangers for help. Peacock weaves in beloved fairy tale characters, including the Three Little Pigs and Gingerbread Man, working together to save Christmas. Thus, the book has more meaning to readers if they have already know other fairy tales. The audience gets a preview of what these Fairy-Tale Rescue Rangers face in the illustrated map at the opening of the book. Readers can listen to an audio reading of the book by scanning a QR code on the back. VERDICT Highly recommended. Readers will enjoy this innovative take of the Christmas story.--Laura Ellis

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"Peacock's text includes lots of funny fairy-tale flourishes ("'Quick, Gingerbread Man, ' cried Baby Bear. 'Run, run, as fast as you can, and deliver all the presents!'") enhanced by Kukhtina's spry, cartoony, digital-looking illustrations." —Elissa Gershowitz, The Horn Book

Lou Peacock

Lou Peacock is lucky enough to have one of the best jobs in the world: "Publishing Director of Picture Books" at Nosy Crow. She has a degree in English Literature from Oxford University, and over twenty years' experience in children's publishing. She started her editorial career working on novelty books, but has focused on picture books and poetry for the last 15 years. She often puts her author hat on to write picture books for Nosy Crow and has a notebook full of scribbled ideas.

Margarita Kukhtina has loved drawing and painting for as long as she can remember. After graduating as a Master of Fine Arts, Margarita worked as a graphic designer, creating personal projects in her spare time that helped her find her true passion-illustrating children's books. She works in mixed media, combining traditional and digital techniques to create playful and atmospheric illustrations. She lives in Moscow, Russia.

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Fiction

ISBN-13

9798887770291

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Guided Reading Level

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Nosy Crow

Publication date

October 03, 2023

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