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Heos, Bridget

Santa Claws

40 pp. | Holt | September, 2025 | Trade ISBN 9781250909497 $18.99
(2) K-3 Illustrated by Galia Bernstein. “While kids scrawl notes to Santa Claus, / Hatchlings write to Santa Claws.” This companion to shark-themed Santa Jaws (rev. 11/21) focuses on the prehistoric world. Santa is a T-rex, the elves are pachycephalosauruses, and Heos crafts such spry creature-themed lines as: “­Tricera-moms and ’cera-pops / Hang stockings for ­tricera-tots.” Bernstein’s digital illustrations differentiate the types of dinosaurs and other prehistoric reptiles through ­animated-looking details, while an appended spread provides brief information about each.
Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2025

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