Pub Date: September 10, 2013
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2012035529
Lexile Code: 0720
Features: Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 03 to 07
Physical Info: 0.50" H x 12.20" L x 9.30" W ( 1.20 lbs) 48 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Holidays and Celebrations | Christmas and Advent | Places | Europe | Animals | Mammals | Imagination and Play | Lifestyles | Country Life
Series: A Wish Book
Description: In the tradition of "The Snowman" and "The Polar Express" comes a Nordic tale about a brave little girl named Anja who wants to be one of Santa's elves. She heads out into the snowy landscape where a menagerie of winter animals help Anja make her way to Santa. Full color.
Review Quotes: "A captivating Christmas story with a magic all its own." --Starred, Kirkus Reviews
"...rosy-cheeked Anja looks like she's stepped out of a fairy tale, and Breiehagen's delicious (and, necessarily, digitally altered) photographs of her riding on the back of a polar bear and meeting Santa amid the snowy pines of the North Pole create the sense that magic is very real." -- Starred, Publishers Weekly "[The Christmas Wish] points to both the timelessness and the otherworldliness of a child's Christmastime wonder." --The Horn Book "...this cozy Nordic tale filled with extraordinary photographs will have readers of all ages believing in the magic of Christmas. This is one to pull out every year and savor." --The Children's Book Review "Dreams have never been so photogenic." --USA Today