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40 pp.
| HarperCollins/Harper |
October, 2012 |
TradeISBN 978-0-06-211062-6$17.99
(2)
K-3
Illustrated by
James Dean.
When Santa comes down with the flu on Christmas Eve, groovy blue cat Pete saves the day in his vintage red minibus pulled by eight reindeer. A rhyming text based on "The Night Before Christmas" moves the story along briskly. Dean's casual, somewhat naive paintings show a world inhabited by cats (even Santa) except for the reindeer and Pete's bird sidekick.
Reviewer: Lolly Robinson
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 2012