The Wild Christmas Reindeer

By Jan Brett

Book Overview

Little Teeka thought she had to be firm with the reindeer to get them ready for Santa's important flight, but when her bossy yelling only got their antlerstangled up, she knew she had to try something different."Beautifully conceived and finely wrought." -- Booklist (starred review)"Brett's precise, glowing illustrations, drawing on Swedish folk art, make this a beguiling Advent calendar of a book." -- Kirkus Reviews"AA? sweet Christmas fantasy that shows Brett at her best." -- Publishers Weekly"This tale with its humorous close-ups of stubborn reindeer and a sharp child protagonist should prove popular at story hours." -- School Library Journal

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0698116526
• ISBN13: 9780698116528
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Puffin Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 10.3" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

A new take on a great story

A Christmas book that has become a family favorite,

The artwork!!!

If you’re good with Santa stories not only is the artwork amazing, fun, and different but it’s a good lesson on how you approach and speak to others. P.S. Crag!! Loves that name.

A refreshing change from the "standard" Christmas stories

This was the first Jan Brett book in our family library. From the first reading, this book became one of our very favorite Christmas stories. Follow Teeka's adventures as she works furiously to prepare Bramble, Heather, Windswept, Lichen, Snowball, Crag, Twilight, and Tundra for their Christmas Eve outing. Don't be surprised to hear your children murmur "that's not going to work" as Teeka finds that being bossy isn't always the best way to get the job done.As with all Jan Brett books, the illustrations are captivating. As a special treat, each page is framed with Christmas illustrations containing "extra" pictures relating to the story.If you've grown tired of reading about Rudolph and friends, you and your children can snuggle up with this book and learn about the "wilder" side of Santa's reindeer.

Beautiful pictures full of color and detail. Great story.

My 5 year old daughter brought this book home from Kindergarten one day. We read it at bedtime and were both amazed at the wonderful illustrations. Any child who loves animals will enjoy this book. It also has a nice change from the normal Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen thing. These reindeer have more interesting North Pole sort of names. We loved it!

Excellent story for my 3-year old

I thought this was a wonderful story with exquisite illustrations. My 3-year old was enthralled with it, and checks it out from the library whenever she can. It's a good story about responsibility and treating animals with understanding, as well as getting ready for Santa's sleigh ride.