Santa's New Jet

by David Biedrzycki, David Biedrzycki (Illustrator)

Overview

Santa's reindeer won't be able to fly on Christmas Eve. They're too out of shape. Fortunately the elves build Santa a fancy jet in time to deliver all the gifts. But the new jet crash-lands on rooftops and doesn't have a light as bright as Rudolph's nose. What's more, Blitzen's not on board to help choose which toys to give each child. Santa is in need of some serious help this Christmas!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781580892926
Publisher:	Charlesbridge
Publication date:	07/01/2011
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	9.80(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.30(d)
Lexile:	AD480L (what's this?)
Age Range:	3 - 6 Years

About the Author

David Biedrzycki has been creating illustrations for book publishers, advertising agencies, magazines, and design firms since 1980. His art has graced the cover of KidSoft Magazine, New England Aquarium billboards and children's software packaging, such as "The Amazon Trail" and "Odell Down Under." He is the author/illustrator of the ACE LACEWING: BUG DETECTIVE series as well as ME AND MY DRAGON and ME AND MY DRAGON: SCARED OF HALLOWEEN. He also illustrated THE BEETLE ALPHABET BOOK and DORY STORY. David lives in Medfield, Massachusetts.

Editorial Reviews

When the reindeer get too out of shape to pull Santa's sleigh, an elf named Orville designs a custom jet for Santa's Christmas Eve deliveries, thoughSanta finds his traditional transportation mode suits him best.

Computer-generated illustrations and slapstick humor set the tone for this amusing, first-person account told from Santa's point of view. The elves produce a new, bright-red jet for Santa in record time, and he zips around the North Pole on practice runs. But during his Christmas Eve deliveries, Santa finds the jet noisy and hard to land. He misses the reindeer, and when fog sets in, he sends up an emergency flare for reindeer road assistance. The reindeer have been secretly working out and fixing up the old sleigh, so they fly to Santa's aid to complete the holiday deliveries in the old-fashioned way. The visual gag ending shown in thought bubbles from the reindeer reveals Santa's jet in a display at the History of Flight Museum, rather than the reindeer team shown in a previous illustration. These newly buff reindeer are far from obsolescence.

The story line is a little forced and the ending is predictable, but kids who like shiny airplanes or alternate means of transportation will like seeing Santa in a jet instead of a sleigh.(Picture book. 3-6)

Kirkus Reviews