Naughty Claudine's Christmas - Hardcover

Jennings, Patrick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1101937343 ISBN 13: 9781101937341

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers, 2017

Synopsis

Claudine doesn’t think Santa should be allowed to just barge into her house—that’s not polite at all! The only way to keep him out? Get on his Naughty List . . .

If you think about it, Santa is a pretty rude guy. He watches you while you sleep. He withholds presents if he decides you weren’t good this year. And he sneaks into your house! Uninvited!
 
Claudine wants none of it—she is determined to keep Santa away from her house this Christmas! And the only way to do it? Be as NAUGHTY as possible. Too bad Claudine’s actually a pretty good kid at heart . . .
 
This out-of-the-ordinary perspective on the beloved holiday figure will have kids rolling with laughter, while letting them know that it’s okay to have an opinion different from the norm!

About this title

About the Author

PATRICK JENNINGS is the author of over twenty books for children. He was born in Indiana and moved to Arizona as a teenager. He attended Arizona State University and San Francisco State University, where he studied education, writing, and art. He has taught English and preschool in the United States and Mexico and was a librarian in the oldest public library in Arizona. He now lives and writes in a small seaport town on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington with his family. Visit him on the Web at patrickjennings.com.

SUZANNE KAUFMAN is an author, illustrator, and animator. Over the years she’s done everything from animating special effects for Universal Television and the Discovery Channel to animating award-winning video games for children. When not tramping through the wilds of the Pacific Northwest, she can be found teaching animation or working in her studio. She lives in Seattle with her husband. Visit her on the Web at suzannekaufman.com

From School Library Journal

PreS-Gr 1—Young Claudine is not fond of Santa's snooping ways and his habit of breaking into homes, so she tries to figure out a way to keep him out. She writes him a polite letter asking that her presents be mailed to her and then decides to be as naughty as possible. When Claudine's sister Maxine points out that Santa has to come down the chimney to deliver Maxine's presents, Claudine lies in wait on Christmas Eve. She falls asleep—but luckily, Santa somehow got the message, because all the presents are waiting for the family in the front yard. The story is pretty weak—Claudine's preference for having no presents at all rather than a visit from Santa is baffling, as is why she thinks that a nice letter won't work but being naughty will, and the finale is anticlimactic. The cartoon illustrations are bright and charming, and blonde Claudine's red-and-white-striped pajamas are echoed on the endpapers. VERDICT Light and mildly entertaining Christmas fare, especially for young contrarians.—Eva Mitnick, Los Angeles Public Library

Edition details

• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1101937343
• ISBN 13: 9781101937341
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Kaufman Suzanne