Auntie Claus, Home for the Holidays

Last updated Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Author: Elise Primavera
Date of Publication: 2009
ISBN: 1416954856
Grade Level: 2nd    (GLCs: Click here for grade level guidelines.)
Date(s) Used: Dec. 2024

Synopsis: Sophie Kringle had always dreamed of being the Sugar Plum Fairy in the school play. After all, Sophie is a Kringle. Her family lives at the Bing Cherry Hotel, and her favorite aunt, Auntie Claus, serves Christmas cookies at teatime - even in July.

When Auntie Claus hears that Sophie will make her debut in the school play, she decides to have her cake and eat it too - this year Auntie Claus will be home for the holidays and the North Pole will move south to New York! Finally getting to see the tree at Rockefeller Center, the department store windows, and the 57th Street Snowflake with Auntie Claus - Sophie will have a Christmas that she never could have imagined!

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