Andrew’s Christmas Dream is a new book, recently released by an American grandmother who told stories to her grandchildren.
Author Jean Head was inspired by a photo of her grandchildren when she started writing this book – her first.
Like many young children, one grandchild was scared to sit on Santa’s lap in a shopping centre.
The story
Hugging cute and lovable Christmas characters can be scary…
An 8-year-old boy decides to take his three younger siblings to the North Pole so they can meet Santa and see how wonderful is – and see he is not a person to be scared of.
Their journey takes them a long way and they encounter obstacles and adventures along the way search for Santa. Having read a few pieces about this book, I have now ordered it and am looking forward to reading it 🙂
If you’ve already read it, what did you think?
Can you imagine the adventures they had on the way north?
I want to read this book! Would I be able to find it at my local library or do you have to order it.
It’s new, Lisa, so may not yet be in many libraries, but worth asking your local library if they have it. I found it online here but not all my usual book places have it in stock or on offer at all.
Yes, I think we’ve all seen little kids get scared of Santa, especially amongst crowds at shopping centres. Proving Santa is nothing to be scared of is a great premise for a story – hope to hear you enjoyed it Santa’s Elf…
Sounds like a delightful story. I remember when my youngest sister was scared of sitting on Santa’s lap. We forget that Santa can indeed be scary for very young children. This book sounds like a very gentle and sweet story.
It’s hrd to relate to their fears, but they are genuine so a book that can help reduce that has to be a good thing. I’ll let you know more once I receive and read my copy 🙂
Christmas is really for kids. I think adults should also be more responsible on how they do the conditioning of children for the Christmas season.
I love making Christmas special for kids and watching their excitement as they experience different parts of Christmas (getting Santa letters, helping make and put up decorations, spending time with people and Christmas Day itself). Yet I agree, Vida, that we can teach them that Christmas is more than the trappings and commercial side – teaching the spirit of Christmas and trust in other humans is a responsibility at Christmas for everyone involved with kids, I think.
Unfortunately, I haven’t read that story but I think I’ll visit my friend’s bookstore and ask about it. Maybe my children will like it.
It’s a very new book, trissandra. My copy has just arrived so I will report back soon – I will say that it is not a picture book but more of a text-based story, which is possibly nice to read with young children over a couple of nights.