![]() ![]() The book is the origin story of Santa Claus and persuasively explains how he began to deliver toys to children, why he arrives via chimney at night, and how he came to travel by a sleigh pulled by reindeer. ![]() Frank Baum, author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Frank Baums 1902 magical tale of Christmas. The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus is a 1902 children's book, written by L. ![]() Eventually he makes presents for all the children and so the story of Santa Claus is born. In this lushly illustrated picture book, artist Charles Santore beautifully reimagines L. He discovers there that many children are very poor and neglected so, to cheer them up, he whittles wooden toys as gifts. When he grows up, Neclaus has to leave the forest so he makes a home for himself in the laughing valley of Hohaha, where he lives amongst humans for the first time. They raise him as their own and give him the name Neclaus. This festive edition of The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus features charming, original illustrations by Mary Cowles Clark and an afterword by writer and journalist Ned Halley.Ī baby is found by wood nymphs in the forest of Burzee. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. Frank Baum’s masterpiece of the imagination, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. ![]() Fashioned as a whimsical fairy tale, The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus was published in 1902, just two years after L. ![]()
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