(2) K-3 Illustrated by Luis San Vicente. Santa has "gathered the strangest and worst" letters he's received. More than twenty letters in verse beg, threaten, complain, bargain, and ask for homework help. "(P.S. It's due tomorrow)." Phoebe wants a unicorn: "Don't tell me you can't. Don't say they're not real. / If reindeer can fly, I think you can deal." There's a letter from "The Parents" stating, "We break our backs to make this work / And YOU get all the credit." "The Committee for Elvish Rights" has demands, "Chris from Accounting" has questions, and a T. rex asks, "can u pleez bring the dinoz bak?" The energetic digital collage illustrations play up the poems' outrageous absurdity.

Reviewer: Kitty Flynn | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2024