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Volume 9, Number 2 December 2003 reviewed Santa's Stormy Christmas
Eve as:
E Excellent,
Enduring, Everyone should see it!
MACLENNAN, David
Santa’s Stormy Christmas
Eve
Illustrated by Cheryl Parkinson.
Full Satchel
Press, 2003. 32p. Illus. Gr. 2-3. 0-09731960-0-9. Pbk. $10.95
Santa and his elves face a fierce blizzard that strands them at
the North Pole on Christmas Eve. Just when it seems that there is no
hope left, a Messenger is sent to show what can be achieved if we
all believe in miracles.
I was pleasantly surprised by this story. The religious message
of Christmas is so gently written about. I try to be sensitive to
the religious aspects of any literature or activity that I use in
the classroom. While this story makes it clear that “the message of
Christmas is about something even greater than Santa Claus”, no one
could be offended by its subtlety.
Thematic Links: Christmas; Sharing; Miracles;
Rhyming Verse
Liz Abercrombie
The Year’s
Best
2003
Picture Books
MACLENNAN, David
Santa’s Stormy Christmas
Eve
Illustrated by Cheryl Parkinson.
Full Satchel
Press, 2003. 32p. Illus. Gr. 2-3. 0-09731960-0-9. Pbk. $10.95
Review by:
Resource Links
Connecting Classrooms,
Libraries, and Canadian Learning Resources
Volume 9, Number 2
December 2003
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