The Wild Christmas Reindeer

Jan Brett
Penguin Young Readers Group
 9780399221927
0-399-22192-1

Little Teeka thought she had to be firm with the reindeer to get them ready for Santa's important flight, but when her bossy yelling only got their antlers tangled up, she knew she had to try something.

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different. "Beautifully conceived and finely wrought". -- "Booklist" (starred review) "Brett's precise, glowing illustrations, drawing on Swedish folk art, make this a beguiling Advent calendar of a book". -- "Kirkus Reviews" "[A] sweet Christmas fantasy that shows Brett at her best". -- "Publishers Weekly" "This tale with its humorous close-ups of stubborn reindeer and a sharp child protagonist should prove popular at story hours". -- "School Library Journal"