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Title details for How to Trick a Christmas Elf by Sue Fliess - Available

How to Trick a Christmas Elf

#3 in series

by Sue Fliess
Simona Sanfilippo
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To find out whether Santa thinks you're naughty or nice, you'll need to trick an elf into letting you see the list!
Legend has it that the only way to find out if you're on Santa's naughty or nice list is to trick an elf into letting you sneak a peek! But be careful: elves are tricky themselves! To get a look at the list, you'll need to be clever in crafting a distracting craft to catch the elf's attention. So, grab some Christmas supplies like ribbons, twinkle lights, bows, and candy canes, and get prepared for your sly holiday visitor!
On the nights leading up to Christmas, one of Santa's elves will show up to keep watch on kids and to report on their naughty or nice behavior! However, if you're careful and clever and quick, you can set up a beautiful little sleigh that will distract your elf, and then you'll be sure to get a glimpse at Santa's list!
Sue Fliess's poetic read-aloud text and Simona Sanfilippo's vibrant, whimsical illustrations will provide much fun for young readers eager to trick their own Christmas elf and find which list they're on! Also included are guides for teachers and parents about how to engage children in building an elf sleigh themselves and how to interest them in the history of the holiday and the many cultures that celebrate Santa's tiny helpers.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Magical Creatures and Crafts

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    September 17, 2019

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781510744325

    • PDF ebook

      • ISBN: 9781510744325
      • File size: 21878 KB
    Kindle restrictions

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Lexile® Measure: 650
    • Text Difficulty: 2-3

  • Reviews

    • Kirkus

      September 1, 2019
      Some advice for pulling the wool over Santa's helpers' eyes. While the trademarked Elf on the Shelf isn't explicitly mentioned, its all-seeing power is clearly referenced in this story about helping children stay off Santa's naughty list. Worried kids with a range of skin tones and hair colors are addressed by the text, which asks, "what if you could trick [the elf] so that you can sneak a look? Maybe you can change his mind...and what goes in his book!" Elf distraction is the goal, and the rhyming couplets say that the best way to divert an elf's attention is to "construct a tiny Christmas sleigh that only he could fly." Subsequent spreads give step-by-step instructions and materials suggestions for the project, ultimately providing a guide for readers to build their own sleighs to distract the elves that spy from their shelves. In a twist at the end, the elf is so delighted by the sleigh that he rewards the children by affirming that they are on the nice list. A letter addressed to them, not a list after all, provides this affirmation, but it also could be read as suggesting bribery as a good strategy for niceness. This stance undermines the culminating message that "giving from your heart...[is] what good people do" since the children clearly had ulterior motives for their sleigh building. Not very nice. (Picture book. 4-7)

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Formats

  • Kindle Book
  • OverDrive Read
  • PDF ebook
Kindle restrictions

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Lexile® Measure:650
  • Text Difficulty:2-3

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