An Elk Dropped in

by Andreas Steinhöfel

An unexpected visitor makes Christmas special for a little boy. While performing a trial run for Santa Claus--the reindeer are far too dainty and aloof for such risky business--Mr. Moose goes off... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1932425802
• ISBN13: 9781932425802
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Front Street, Incorporated
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 8 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6

Customer Reviews

Especially good for precocious book lovers!

An absolutely charming book. Droll, original, laugh-out-loud funny in spots. I suspect it would be good for precocious readers with good vocabularies; although it's short, a dumbed-down book this is not!

This is a new Christmas classic

My family and I (two grown girls who still love stories) shared this book over Christmas. We took turns reading it to one another. I must say, this is highly recommended. This book has a certain, how shall I say, slyness to it -- it covers many "modern" topics: divorce, IKEA, and the general difficulty of "keeping it together" in a modern world. Nonetheless, here is this almost anachronistic figure of Mr. Moose, who speaks with his arch language and his old-fashioned manners, and tells quite a story. It also presents Santa (Father Christmas) in a rather unusual light, not at all the timeworn "ho, ho, ho!" Above all, this book captures the childlike spirit of Christmas, the magic and the wistfulness. It belongs in your Christmas box.

Recommended for year-round enjoyment

While doing a trial run for Santa Claus Mr. Moose gets off course and crashes through Billy's roof, injuring his leg. The entire family gathers to hear his tales of adventures - except for a nosy neighbor, who is a hunter and envisions a bounty for bagging Mr. Moose. When Father Christmas shows up for his moose carrying a bag of Milky Way Power, enabling Mr. Moose to fly - the family finds their own route into high adventure in this zany story which just missed December's issue, but is recommended for year-round enjoyment for libraries looking for different holiday themes for grades 4-6.