As far as my children are concerned this year Christmas cannot come fast enough. While I’m still making them hold off on a full on Christmas extravaganza we are slowly easing our way into the season with the occasional bought of Christmas music, a movie, or Christmas-themed books.
Today I’m excited to share a couple new releases from our friends at Sleeping Bear Press that are a fun way to enjoy the Christmas season with the kiddos. It was quite a while back when I shared Memoirs of a Hamster with our readers, and I’m super excited to say that the same author/illustrator team of Devin Scillian and Tim Bowers are back with a new installment in their Memoirs series!
This time in Memoirs of an Elf, you get to tag along with Spark Elf as this tech-y assistant to Santa does his job on Christmas Eve. Keeping the Big Guy on schedule as he delivers gifts to the children of the world isn’t easy! Without a doubt this story was a hit with the kids and I’m sure to have the kids repeating the included little-known facts that impart important knowledge about Santa and his crew. Most importantly though, this book has a good message about how Christmas can still happen without Santa and that there are more important things to the holiday. All-in-all, a good fun read for the kids with a great reminder for everyone during a season when it’s all to easy for them to get caught up in a case of the “I wants.”
Next up I is another fun book with a Santa theme as well. In A Cookie for Santa by Stephanie Shaw and illustrated by Bruno Robert, we are introduced to a quick thinking gingerbread boy cookie. Yep, this little confection rushes to the rescue while waiting for Santa to arrive and enjoy him with some milk! If your kids like puppies, or you have a mischievous dog of your own, this is a fun read as we watch Santa recognize the potential in this little cookie as the gingerbread boy pitches in and helps Santa clean up after a pair of puppies. Another plus, this story is a fun twist on the classic “The Night Before Christmas,” and the story is in rhyme!
Another couple of great holiday releases from Sleeping Bear Press for everyone to add to this year’s Christmas book countdown!
Memoirs of an Elf :: $16.99 hardcover
A Cookie for Santa :: $15.99 hardcover
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A SIMPLE GIVEAWAY!
This is a fun one because there are going to be 4 (yes FOUR!) winners! Two lucky SIMPLE readers will each win a copy of Memoirs of an Elf, and two other lucky readers will each win a copy of A Cookie for Santa. Winner and book pairings will be randomly selected. Enter below:
Johannah
November 24, 2014 at 2:13 pmI like A Cookie for Santa — so much about Elves on shelves this year!
Karin A
November 24, 2014 at 1:38 pmI like A Cookie For Santa.
trixx
November 23, 2014 at 9:48 pmI’d love to have A Cookie for Santa
Lisa L
November 23, 2014 at 7:48 pmMy kids would enjoy A Cookie for Santa
Stacey b
November 23, 2014 at 3:12 pmI most like the “Memoirs of an Elf” book, my kids would love it.
Amy
November 23, 2014 at 12:16 amA cookie for Santa
Darlene Owen
November 22, 2014 at 5:13 pmI would love the The Twelve Days of Christmas
Karen Propes
November 22, 2014 at 5:05 pmBoth look great, first choice A Cookie for Santa.
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Tara Short
November 22, 2014 at 11:33 amMemoirs of an Elf!
Katie Bellamy
November 21, 2014 at 9:43 pmThey both look so cute! …A Cookie for Santa! 🙂
AndreaH
November 20, 2014 at 12:45 pmA Cookie For Santa seems pretty interesting and fun reading to me.
jodi
November 20, 2014 at 11:03 amThey both look great but I would pick a Cookie for Santa
Maggie Smith
November 20, 2014 at 10:58 amCookie for Santa
Leela
November 19, 2014 at 4:40 pmA Cookie for Santa.
Audra O'Hara
November 18, 2014 at 8:37 pmI think my daughter would like Memoirs of an Elf best. I think she would like the storyline of getting the dog back home.
Anne N
November 18, 2014 at 1:39 amA Cookie for Santa looks most interesting to me.
Terry Maigi
November 17, 2014 at 10:34 pmA Cookie for Santa looks so cute! I think my daughter would really enjoy that one!
Holli G.
November 17, 2014 at 4:24 pmI like memoirs of an elf because I like the meaning behind the story.
Anel
November 17, 2014 at 3:42 pmA Cookie for Santa looks most interesting to me! I would love to have this for my baby’s nursery! He will be here in two weeks!
Terra Heck
November 17, 2014 at 6:48 amThey both look great but I’m most interested in Memoirs of an Elf. Thanks.
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Jessamine D.
November 16, 2014 at 7:31 pmI think my daughters will like the memoirs of an Elf. 🙂
Cassandra Eastman
November 16, 2014 at 2:41 pmI think my kids would love The Twelve Days of Christmas book!
Sacha Schroeder
November 16, 2014 at 11:35 amMemoirs of an Elf looks fun to me!
rebecca day
November 15, 2014 at 7:07 pmCookie for Santa!
Nicole H
November 15, 2014 at 3:27 pmA Cookie For Santa looks really cute.
Deborah
November 14, 2014 at 6:09 pmThey both look cute! I like A Cookie for Santa!
Keara B.
November 14, 2014 at 5:01 pmI think my daughter would love either of them, but I’m really curious to read A Cookie for Santa!
Melissa L.
November 14, 2014 at 3:48 pmI like the Cookie for Santa best. Thanks for the chance!
Austin Baroudi
November 14, 2014 at 1:29 amDefinitely Memoirs of an Elf!
Marci
November 14, 2014 at 12:18 amCookie for Santa!
Jamie Brigham
November 13, 2014 at 11:45 pmDeck the walls and A Wish to Be A Christmas Tree look great to me.
Jessica H
November 13, 2014 at 9:14 pmMemoirs of an elf
JenniferB
November 13, 2014 at 11:41 amCookie for Santa looks cute
Katie
November 13, 2014 at 9:13 amMemoirs of an Elf!
Kim
November 13, 2014 at 7:48 ammemoirs of an elf!
april
November 12, 2014 at 10:42 pmMemoirs of an Elf, my boys would get a kick out of that one.
Jennifer Tilson
November 12, 2014 at 6:31 pmI like the story of Memoirs of an Elf.
Anne Perry
November 12, 2014 at 4:10 pmI’d like Memoirs of an Elf
Karen O
November 12, 2014 at 8:58 amThey are both adorable. I guess I would choose A Cookie for Santa.
Sindy Murray
November 12, 2014 at 6:02 amMemoirs of an Elf
1955nurse
November 11, 2014 at 11:20 pmA Cookie for Santa looks really fun! TY4 the chance….
Amy B
November 11, 2014 at 9:22 pmMemoirs of an Elf would be a big hit!
nannypanpan
November 11, 2014 at 7:25 pmI’d like a cookie for santa for my kids
Jessica Beard
November 11, 2014 at 3:26 pmA Cookie for Santa looks fun!
Natalie F
November 11, 2014 at 3:05 pmMemoirs of an Elf is the most interesting and what I think my kids would like best.
Sharon Schoepe
November 11, 2014 at 12:55 pmI think that Memoirs of an Elf looks like a really fun book
Natalie S
November 11, 2014 at 12:09 pmWould love A Cookie for Santa!
beth
November 11, 2014 at 10:30 amA cookie for santa
Nina H
November 11, 2014 at 10:20 amI’d love a cookie for santa
Denise Taylor-Dennis
November 11, 2014 at 8:46 amI like Memoirs of an Elf.
Kristen
November 11, 2014 at 2:40 amI’d like A Cookie for Santa.
Amanda Alvarado
November 10, 2014 at 11:37 pmI’d love either! They both sound like books dd would enjoy!! Memoirs of an Elf would be *my* favorite!
Allie
November 10, 2014 at 10:28 pmI like A Cookie For Santa
Carmen Van Deursen
November 10, 2014 at 9:43 pmMy little guy is hooked on books the last few week, I’m sure he would love either one but A Cookie for Santa sounds so cute. Would love either tittle.
Beth Rees
November 10, 2014 at 9:20 pmI think my boys would love Memoirs of an Elf, but there are some super cute books. Deck the Walls looks fun too
Colleen Maurina
November 10, 2014 at 9:06 pmA Cookie For Santa looks like a fun book to read to the kids during the holidays!
D Schmidt
November 10, 2014 at 8:52 pmMy Son would love Cookie for Santa the most, its adorable.
Sue Hull
November 10, 2014 at 8:03 pmA Cookie from Santa sounds like a cute book. Thank you for the chance 🙂
Krista
November 10, 2014 at 8:01 pmMemoirs of an Elf looks fun!
Darlene Ysaguirre
November 10, 2014 at 8:00 pmI think my children would enjoy Deck The Walls . Such cute books!
Patricia
November 10, 2014 at 7:20 pmWe would like Deck the Walls and A Cookie for Santa
Krista
November 10, 2014 at 4:13 pmI think my babies and myself would like A Cookie For Santa 🙂
Kimberly Bauer
November 10, 2014 at 2:41 pmMy daughter would love A Cookie for Santa.
Erin Lehman
November 10, 2014 at 11:30 amI would be thrilled with either! I think my girls would love A Cookie for Santa.
Adrianne B
November 10, 2014 at 11:17 amI think Memoirs of an Elf sounds great. My daughter loves the Elf on the Shelf too.
Nancy
November 10, 2014 at 10:57 amI like their book A Cookie for Santa.
Samantha C.
November 10, 2014 at 10:55 amA Cookie for Santa looks great!
Janet W.
November 10, 2014 at 10:48 amA Cookie for Santa looks most interesting to me! My grandsons would enjoy it!
Masooma
November 10, 2014 at 10:48 amMemoirs of an Elf sounds really interesting and I bet both my boys would love reading it!