Love the idea for this! It was well put together and is perfect to read to the little ones leading up to Christmas! Great holiday book for our youngins :)

I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book Via NetGalley.

I love the idea of this book, 24 stories to read, one day at a time, leading up to Christmas. The stories tell of how Mr & Mrs Claus and the elves prepare for Christmas. The illustrations are delightful, but I foresee the problem with this book being the need to stick to one page per day. Reading books with children, half the fun for them is turning the page and looking at the next picture, so trying to get a child to focus on one page and that be it for the day, may be a little tricky! It's a lovely idea though.

Some bits of text are easier to read than others, i.e. black text on white background, whereas black text on blue is harder to read. A minor detail, but one that makes a difference.

Overall though, this is a great idea for the run-up to Christmas.

This is a great idea for the pre-Xmas weeks, a readalong for little ones that counts down the December days until Christmas. Like a bookish advent calendar. It's a fun tale of how Santa and the Elves get ready for all the excitement of delivering toys all over the world on Christmas Eve.

Santa has to get fit, plan his route, ensure more than a billion toys are made, and check over the naughty and nice lists, among other things. The illustrations are vivid, lively and fun, and elevate a kids' book where the text is pretty straightforward (no rhymes, rhythm or sing-song quality, and not much in the way of fun, unusual words to spark and hold kids' interest when read aloud).

A great idea, with great illustrations, that is let down a little by the text (including the choice of font and type-setting). Still a good book that might be fun to read to little ones as they not-so-patiently wait for Santa's arrival in December.