ANTONELLA AND HER SANTA CLAUS

Barbara Augustin, , illus. by Gerhard Lahr. . Kane/Miller, $14.95 (40pp) ISBN 978-1-929132-13-3

Mocked by her schoolmates for believing in Santa Claus, an Italian girl sends off a Christmas letter anyway—via balloon. It ends up in a schoolyard in Hungary, where the students pool their pocket money to fulfill Antonella's wish for roller-skates; their package arrives just in time for Christmas Eve, to the delight of Antonella (and her former disparagers). This uplifting volume from a German team is nimbly told, and the sprightly illustrations, with their smudges of color accented with black detail, possess a European flair. Ages 4-8.

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