Santa's Favorite Story: Santa Tells the Story of the First Christmas
Santa's Favorite Story: Santa Tells the Story of the First Christmas
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Santa's Favorite Story: Santa Tells the Story of the First Christmas

Illustrated by Ivan Gantschev
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4 - 8
Reading age
28
Page count
23
Words per page
~580L
Lexile measure
Oct 2, 2007
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Discover the true meaning of the holidays as Santa Claus retells the story of the first Christmas in this sweet picture book from Hisako Aoki and Ivan Gantschev. When Santa Claus tells the forest animals that he is not looking forward to delivering all those heavy packages, they are worried that there won’t be a Christmas anymore. To help everyone understand that Christmas would still come even if he didn’t, Santa tells the story of the first Christmas, and they all learn a good lesson about the meaning of this special holiday.

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Book Details

ISBN
9781416950295
Publication Date
October 2, 2007
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Page Count
28
Words Per Page
23
Reading Age
4 - 8 years
WorldCat Number (OCLC)
154662634
Est. Lexile® Level
~580L
Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
~O
ATOS® Book Level
3.8
Accelerated Reader® Points
0.5
Accelerated Reader Quiz
21228
Accelerated Reader Interest Level
LG

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