A Reindear Tale

Christmas is coming and what can go wrong? Everything!

Feeling resentful of a royal reindeer added to the first all-girl team to pull Santa's sleigh, the "boys" do their best to sabotage the flight. To complicate matters, clouds obscure the night sky and dim the aurora borealis. The North Star is invisible, and the Naughty and Nice list flies overboard. Santa is lost in the time band. The reindeer team, one by one, start to sob. "This is going to be the worst Christmas ever," said Vixen.

Santa, ever the optimist, chuckled, "This is going to be a Christmas to remember for all time."

But how?

A Reindear Tale reimagines a beloved holiday story with overcoming prejudices, friendship, cooperation, perseverance, and surprises. Perfect at bedtime or read with an adult. It includes photographs of the author with wild reindeer in Finland above the Arctic Circle.

Rosemarie Perry grew up in a small steel mill town in Ohio and moved to metro Atlanta as a school counselor. She enjoys great friends, travel, Ohio State University football, and spoiling Tootsie, her rescue Pomeranian."After learning that male reindeer shed their antlers in winter, while female retain theirs until spring, I realized there was a story here."Voila! A holiday adventure for children of all ages who are enamored with the journey of Santa Claus.

Helen Davis is a junior in high school with a love for visual arts and athletics. She enjoys all types of art, specializing in drawing and painting. Beyond traditional art, Helen runs her own photography business and is team captain of her high school's lacrosse team. Whether on the field or behind the lens, she has an enthusiasm for storytelling through art.