Friday, February 8, 2013

Santa Retires by David Biedrzycki - OPTIONAL


Biedrzycki, David  Santa Retires  Charlesbridge, 2012.  $7.95  PICTURE BOOK  Content: G. 

 Santa enjoys working on the toys for Christmas, but he is getting tired of delivering the presents.  He finds the weather hard too, so Mrs. Claus finds them a wonderful vacation spot called Mistletoe Island.  When they get to the island they enjoy playing tennis, surfing, taking dance lessons and yoga.   When the reindeer come to visit, Santa announces that he is going to retire.  The elves and the reindeer can’t function without Santa, and when word gets back to Santa he returns to the North Pole in time to save Christmas night.  

The illustrations are blurry and inconsistent in their style.  The story seemed choppy and not very well developed.  The cover is attractive and makes it look like a fun Christmas story, but it was just subpar.  

EL (K-3)-OPTIONAL.  Reviewer, C. Peterson.

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