Dasher Gift 2-Book Set
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| Beautiful, sturdy slipcover. 2 Books. 4 Press-out Keepsakes. Ages 4-8 (ISBN: 9781536238211) |
🎄🎁A Lovely Gift Set & Keepsake🎁🎄
Celebrate five years of Matt Tavares’s New York Times best-selling holiday classic with a beautifully designed gift set featuring four press-out keepsakes. Includes Dasher and Dasher Can’t Wait for Christmas in hardcover.
Recap: Dasher is an adventurous young reindeer with a wish in her heart and whose life is forever changed when she meets a man in a red suit with a horse-drawn sleigh. New York Times best-selling author-illustrator Matt Tavares channels the spirit of the season—and leaves us with a heroine to root for—in a pair of picture book odes to giving, kindness, and holiday magic. Included are two specially designed paper ornaments, two standees as well as two hardcover classics:
Dasher: How a Brave Little Doe Changed Christmas Forever
My review: Matt Tavares has penned a delightful tale about how Santa got his team of reindeer. It is so sweet and cute.
The reindeer were used by a circus caravan to travel from town to town. Dasher was one of the reindeer and he wanted freedom. He finally escaped and followed the beautiful North Star. Soon he came upon a sleigh, horse, and man. The horse was tired and couldn't finish his work. Dasher joined and they finished the task. Soon "Santa" and Dasher got Dasher's family and the team for Santa's sleigh was formed.
We'll overlook the taking of someone else's livestock for one's own use. The story is sweet and adds to the myth of Santa. A beautifully illustrated book.
My review: Such a sweet story about one of Santa's reindeer who slipped away for a little pre-Christmas excursion of her own. Dasher just wanted to see some of the Christmas lights simply couldn't wait until Christmas Eve to see them.
Contributor Bio(s): Matt Tavares is the author-illustrator of Red and Lulu, the graphic novel Hoops, and several sports biographies, including Becoming Babe Ruth and Growing Up Pedro. He is also the illustrator of Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by Jeff Gottesfeld, The Gingerbread Pirates by Kristin Kladstrup, ’Twas the Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore, and Over the River and Through the Wood by L. Maria Child, among many other picture books. Matt Tavares lives in Ogunquit, Maine.
My thoughts: A typical question an inquiring child might pose when they begin to question the myth of Santa Clause. A jolly fat man down a small chimney. Truly it can't be done, so the question arises.
Dasher Can't Wait for Christmas
My review: Such a sweet story about one of Santa's reindeer who slipped away for a little pre-Christmas excursion of her own. Dasher just wanted to see some of the Christmas lights simply couldn't wait until Christmas Eve to see them.
An exhausted and lost Dasher meets a young boy named Charlie who helps Dasher find her way back to the North Pole.
A sweet story.
Contributor Bio(s): Matt Tavares is the author-illustrator of Red and Lulu, the graphic novel Hoops, and several sports biographies, including Becoming Babe Ruth and Growing Up Pedro. He is also the illustrator of Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by Jeff Gottesfeld, The Gingerbread Pirates by Kristin Kladstrup, ’Twas the Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore, and Over the River and Through the Wood by L. Maria Child, among many other picture books. Matt Tavares lives in Ogunquit, Maine.
How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?
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| ISBN: 9781536223767 Ages 4-8 |
My thoughts: A typical question an inquiring child might pose when they begin to question the myth of Santa Clause. A jolly fat man down a small chimney. Truly it can't be done, so the question arises.
In this droll book the artist and author pose questions about Santa, chimneys, seeing in the darkness, eating cookies, etc. And of course, there is simply no answer.
A silly and fun book but simply doesn't hold a candle to the classic T'was the Night Before Christmas.
About the book: The beloved, multi-award-winning duo of Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen tackle a perennial question.
When Santa arrives at a child’s house on Christmas Eve, does he go down the chimney feetfirst or headfirst? What if he gets stuck? What if there’s no chimney? Maybe he slides under the door, as thin as a piece of paper? Or is it possible he pours himself through the faucet? What happens once he’s inside? Whether it’s shape-shifting or impromptu laundry use, Mac Barnett’s iconic talent for earnest deadpan humor and Jon Klassen’s irresistibly funny art honor the timeless question with answers both ridiculous and plausible, mounting in hilarity as the night continues. Channeling a child’s fanciful explanations (and begging for further speculation), this latest collaboration by a New York Times best-selling team will find a secure spot among family holiday traditions.
DISCLOSURE: I received complimentary copies to facilitate a review. Opinions are mine, alone and are freely given.
NOTE: I did not teach my children about Santa. It is a myth and not something I wish to perpetrate but I respect the wishes of other parents who wish to instill a spirit of giving and benevolence to their children via this story. These are charming books.
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