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4.38 AVERAGE
4.38 AVERAGE
Sweet book; keeping it together must be a challenge for libraries, but the one I checked out was still in good shape. I loved the daughter's Santa sweater.
I won't put this in my elementary library, because I don't want to be responsible for spoiling the magic for a family not ready for it yet, but I will definitely have a copy for myself, and recommend it to any parents struggling with how to answer the question from their child. This book provides a beautiful and heart-warming sentiment that speaks to the heart of the belief in Santa, and a perspective that benefits humanity.
Get the tissues ready for this one! A beautiful story that is told through letters between Santa and a little girl named Lucy. The letters are physically added to the book in little envelopes for the reader to take out and read. As Lucy gets older her final letter is addressed to her mom asking if she is Santa. The mother's response is beautiful: Santa is bigger than any one person, he is a teacher that helps us to believe, he is love, magic, hope, and happiness. I loved how the mom ended the letter with: I am on his team, and now you are, too.
This book would be better for a one-on-one reading due to the reader having to remove each letter in order to read them.
This book would be better for a one-on-one reading due to the reader having to remove each letter in order to read them.
Would be a lovely book to curl up with my kids and read together. :)
Every year, since the age of five, Lucy has written Santa a letter, and every year, Santa brought Lucy a present and left a letter of his own. This ritual repeats itself for the next year, when Lucy is six. But when she is seven, her letters begin to question Santa about how he gets down chimneys, how he delivers gifts if people don’t have chimney, and why does his handwriting look so much like her mom’s, but she decided not to send it and wrote a different letter. But the letter she writes on her eight Christmas is different. Instead of being addressed to Santa, it is addressed to her Mom, and asks straight out “Are you Santa?” The next morning, an envelope that looks just like the envelopes she had previously received from Santa, was left for Lucy in the usual spot. Inside is a letter from her mom, explaining who brings her presents to her, but also telling her that the spirit of Santa is real and lives on in all of us. The letter is long and heartfelt, a copy of the letter author Martha Brockenbrough wrote to her daughter Lucy in 2009 when she was confronted with the same question. The letter may carry the truth, but it also carries the magic of Christmas that sometimes gets lost once we are in the know. White’s watercolor and mixed media illustrations capture Lucy as she matures each year, and as her emotions change and mature. On some of the right facing pages an envelope in glued on and contains the letters that Lucy writes, so readers can pull them out and read what is written, and the also reflect Lucy as she grows from year to year. This is a book I would have liked to have when that day came and my Kiddo began to question things. This is a real coming of age story, that may conjure up sentimental and nostalgic feelings for older readers.
If your child is starting to question the existence of Santa, this is the book for you. Beautiful story and illustrations, the magic of Christmas is handled perfectly.
Sadly, I can't buy it for my library because the letters between Santa and Lucy actually come out of the book and they would disappear (maybe not maliciously, but still). However, I will recommend it to any parent asking me how to handle the "Is Santa real?" question.
Sadly, I can't buy it for my library because the letters between Santa and Lucy actually come out of the book and they would disappear (maybe not maliciously, but still). However, I will recommend it to any parent asking me how to handle the "Is Santa real?" question.
This is SO beautiful and lovely. And explains Santa is such a wonderful and loving way when kids begin to question <3