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Tavares, Matt

Dasher

40 pp. | Candlewick | September, 2019 | Trade ISBN 978-1-5362-0137-6 $17.99

(2) K-3 Long ago, a reindeer family in a traveling circus lived, unhappily, far from the North Star and that magical place where "the air was crisp and cold, and the ground was always covered with...snow." These soothing phrases echo throughout as youngest reindeer Dasher escapes; helps Santa and his horse; and finds a new home for her family at the North Pole. Painterly mixed-media illustrations reflect the pleasantly nostalgic tone used throughout this Santa's-reindeer origin story.

Reviewer: Cynthia K. Ritter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2019