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Cover of Letters to Never Send Santa: Confessions, Complaints, and Outlandish Requests from the Files of St. Nick

Letters to Never Send Santa: Confessions, Complaints, and Outlandish Requests from the Files of St. Nick

David Griswold, illustrated by Luis San Vicente

Santa shares a collection of amusing and strange letters sent by children to the North Pole. The letters include confessions, complaints, and extravagant requests that leave Santa wondering whether some writers belong on the naughty list. Presented as holiday poems, the book frames these unusual messages as entries from Santa’s files. Readers are invited to decide for themselves how to judge the letter writers.

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Book details

Themes
Holidays And Celebrations · Humor · Poetry · Writing And Storytelling
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Bushel & Peck Books
Published
September 17, 2024
Pages
48
ISBN-13
9781638192046
Language
English
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