Priscilla and the Great Santa Search

by Nathaniel Hobbie

Book Overview

The adorable Priscilla is back in her first Christmas adventure When Priscilla and her best friend Bettina eagerly join the other holiday shoppers to see Santa at the mall, they realize they are looking at not one, but several fake Santas The girls are inspired to head to the North Pole in search of the real Santa Claus. Will the Fifty-Year-Storm keep this curious duo's biggest holiday wish from coming true? Priscilla and the Great Santa Search captures...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031611331X
• ISBN13: 9780316113311
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.9" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

We love Priscilla

My daughter is almost 5 and we have been reading and collecting the Priscilla books for the past 6 months. With it's Dr. Seussish cantor it is a fun read and one we will come back to every year for many to come. The illustrations are adorable as always. This is a great addition to a holiday book collection.

An original and modern christmas adventure

Priscilla and the Great Santa Search is a creative and entertaining addition to the Priscilla series and is a "must-have" for young girls this Christmas season! Disappointed by the fake Santas at the mall Priscilla, never one to pass up an adventure, and her friend Bettina set out to find the real Santa at the north pole. Along the way the rhyming text introduces us to creatures "on the top of the oddity chart". Braving a storm and snapping pictures with their digital camera the girls make it to the North Pole but do they find Santa? Only after zooming in on their pictures do we find the answer. My niece was thoroughly entertained and loves all of the Priscilla books. The text is fun to read and the pictures are beautiful!

Sweet, Fun, Girly, & Funny!

I bought this book for my little girl's first Christmas this year. I couldn't wait to read it to her. She's only 2 months old so I doubt she'll remember that we read it before Christmas. :o) The pictures are absolutely adorable-- so detailed and fun! The story is precious and I love the rhymes. They are not simple words that are obvious rhymes. They are funny and unpredictable. I highly reccomend this book to anyone!!

Enchanting Review: Priscilla and the Great Santa Search

PRISCILLA AND THE GREAT SANTA SEARCH NATHANIEL HOBBIE Illustrated by Jocelyn Hobbie Children's (ages 4-8) Rating: 4 Enchantments What happens when Priscilla and her best friend decide to take a trip to the North Pole to search out the real Santa after seeing so many fakes at the mall? PRISCILLA AND THE GREAT SANTA SEARCH is a really cute story, starring Priscilla and her best friend Bettina, who find themselves on the trek to the North Pole. On the way they encounter snowball bunnies, the Abominable Snowgirl, Jan of the faraway clan who tries to warn them about the impending fifty-year storm. But when the storm gets bad and they're forced to go home, will they find proof they actually found the real Santa or was their trip nothing more than a fun day out? Filled with cute illustrations and an equally fun story, fans of the `Priscilla' series will love this new holiday themed edition. I really thought this was a fun story about Priscilla and her best friend going off on an adventure to find the `real' Santa after seeing so many fakes in the mall. I really liked characters they encounter on their journey and the illustrations really add to the story. Jocelyn and Nathaniel Hobbie are the daughter and son of our bestselling author/artist, Holly Hobbie. Jocelyn holds a B.F.A. from RISD and works for a contemporary art dealer in New York, NY. Nathaniel Hobbie is also a fine artist who works with metal and wood. PRISCILLA AND THE GREAT SANTA SEARCH is their fourth book for children featuring the adorable Priscilla. Lisa Enchanting Reviews September 2008