This Hardcover Book item from Little, Brown Young Readers was reviewed on 23-Oct-2008.
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1) Hardcover Book SantaKid by Little, Brown Young Readers. This book was a delight to read, my grandchildren totally enjoyed it
and now having read it to them 7 times It is put away with every other
James Patterson Book I have which is now the entire set.
Thank you so much.¤ 2) Hardcover Book SantaKid by Little, Brown Young Readers. We received this as a gift (so glad it wasn´t my money that was wasted on this book!) and I don´t know what I´m going to do with it now b/c the story is an utter disappointment. The story is told from the point of view of Santa´s daughter and explains that most of the year Santa looks like any other dad--he just stuffs his costume to look fat for Christmas and grows a beard that her mom bleaches to look white. What?!! The writing is full of lame filler lines like, "Don´t shake your head--something might come loose in your brain....Anyway, here´s what happened." I liked the big bold illustrations, but reading about an attempted corporate takeover of the North Pole just doesn´t do it for me, and only older children would get the concept anyhow. More than anything, I suppose I was annoyed by the "just believe" theme that was constantly reiterated without any deeper message about the true spirit of giving. Even if it´s not a religiously themed story, I still expect a Christmas story to have some underlying reference to kindness, charity, selflessness....something besides a vacuous notion of believing in "something bigger than yourself" (what does that mean to a child anyway?). I doubt I´ll read this to my daughter again...and I doubt she´ll request it.¤ 3) Hardcover Book SantaKid by Little, Brown Young Readers. SANTAKID IS A SPECIAL BOOK TO ENJOY WITH YOUR FAVORITE KID OR KIDS! GREAT EYECANDY PICTURES & A COOL ENOUGH STORY DIFFERENT FROM ALL THE OTHER XMAS TALES... VERY HAPPY TO ADD TO OUR TIS THE SEASON STASH! THIS BOOK HAS BEEN ON NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER & WAS $18.99 TO START! IT ALSO HAS A CHRISTMAS PAPER LIKE COVERING (FOIL-ISH) & THERE IS SUCH A NICE SURPRIZE 2FT APPROX. GREETING CARD FOR THE FAMILY TO FIND WHEN THEY FINISH READING IT! (LIKE KID TO KID) LOVE IT!¤ 4) Hardcover Book SantaKid by Little, Brown Young Readers. My daughter, who´s almost 3, selected this book among many others when we went to the library several weeks ago. When we gathered all of the books to take back to the library, she took this book from the pile and said, "Can we keep this one?" We have since renewed it, and she asks me to read it to her every night. No matter how many times we read it, I enjoy it just as much as she does. The illustrations are charming, the story is funny and engaging, and the message is one any kid can take to heart: Kids are smart and know what truly matters.¤ 5) Hardcover Book SantaKid by Little, Brown Young Readers. Just tried to read this story to my 4 1/2 year old. Unfortunately it didn´t hole either of our interests. Half way through I just couldn´t go on and had to put the book down and pick something else!
Here are the main problems: the story was incredibly thin. An entire page of the story would likely only include 1 or 2 relevant sentences that actually moved the storyline - the rest was all filler, like "pretty cool huh?" and "don´t giggle. This isn´t funny. Well, sometimes it is", and "all those who want to live at the north pole , holler I WANT TO LIVE AT THE NORTH POLE"
Do you see a pattern? The main character breaks from the story on every page to give pointless comments to the reader, and none of it makes sense (or is even funny.)
the plot is so thin. The villain lands at the North Pole with absolutely no set-up, and each turn of events (and the villain himself) is very implausible. There´s just no believability in the motives or events. Yes, I know this is a kid´s book, but I´ve read plenty of great kid´s books!
The dialogue is really stale too. like "Not nice." "Not nice at all". This repetitive, bland dialogue just drve me crazy.
Like I said, I only scanned the last half of the book it was so poor. I appreciate that the author was trying to teach the evils of Corporate America to children, but it just didn´t come off well. It feels like Patterson wrote this book in 10 minutes.
¤ 6) Hardcover Book SantaKid by Little, Brown Young Readers. Bestselling novelist James Patterson, who has been entertaining millions of Americans for decades, now brings his considerable talent for storytelling to a young audience with a joyful, spunky tale that brings every child´s Christmas fantasy to life.¤ Page Updated: Robert N. Goolsby, 20-Nov-2008, 03160006129780316000611, 120-590-420-580-740-290-J8B-1AB-8 
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