Santa Claus: All About Me

Originally published in 2010, this coffee table%E2%80%93ready guide to all things Santa Claus and Christmas unfolds as a wide-ranging collection of private diaries, written by the man himself. Numerous flaps and mini-booklets combine with a few pop-up elements, reproductions of vintage holiday illustrations, photos, and John Atkinson%E2%80%99s painterly illustrations as Santa expounds on favorite stories he%E2%80%99s heard from children over the years, his many names and costumes around the globe, and even slightly tangential subjects like the history of flight and the spice trade (%E2%80%9CJust think, if we didn%E2%80%99t have spices and sweeteners, we wouldn%E2%80%99t have mince pies!%E2%80%9D). While adults are perhaps most likely to appreciate this Santa%E2%80%99s discursiveness as he jumps from topic to topic, the eye-catching artwork, interactive embellishments, and snippets of Christmas lore present quite a bit for readers to sink their teeth into. All ages. (Oct.)