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Title: Mrs. Claus and the School of Christmas Spirit
Author: Rebecca Munsterer
Illustrator: Georgianna Manderioli
Genre: Juvenile Fiction, Holidays, Christmas, Girls and Women
Publisher: In this Together Media
Publication Date: November, 2012
eBook: available in Kindle Format
Paperback: 122 pages
Synopsis
Mrs. Claus and the School of Christmas Spirit is the story about how Kat McGee, the overlooked middle child in a family of eight, learns about the spirit of Christmas and saves Santa in the process.
Poor Kat, nicknamed Kat McPee after an unfortunate accident, suffers teasing and taunts, and as Christmas approaches, seriously doubts her own self worth and the spirit of the upcoming holiday. She isn't chosen for the school musical, and accidentally discovers that the school principal is accepting bribes to choose others for the show. No one believes her, except her Gram, who, just in time, arrives for her annual Christmas visit.
Kat and Gram bake cookies and it becomes clear to Gram that Kat needs a refresher course in the true meaning of Christmas. At bedtime Kat finds a magic snow globe that takes her to the School of Christmas Spirit at the North Pole, where she meets Santa, Mrs. Claus, the elves and the somewhat evil Scoogie Claus.
Through many lessons and adventures, Kat learns about the four tenets of Christmas Spirit:
- worthiness
- wonder
- will
- whimsy
Comments
Mrs. Claus and the School of Christmas Spirit is a wonderfully engaging story filled with modern-day references and traditional themes about Santa and Mrs.Claus and Christmas itself. This chapter book would make a great read-aloud for younger students, or a fast read for better readers. The unexpected twists and turns keep the plot moving along, and readers will find the illustrations at the start of each chapter cute and engaging as well.
There are even additional sections on how to cultivate the four tenets of Christmas at home or at school, and a recipe for the delicious Candyfruit that Kat loves so much.
What others are saying
Mrs. Claus and the School of Christmas Spirit had received high marks from readers and bloggers. Among the comments:
"This lovely book is filled with all kinds of sage wisdom; how wonderful to introduce these lessons to young people! Not to mention it's such a pleasure to read and filled with adorable humor."
~ ble bleder on Amazon.
"This book is fun...and amazing...and I just can't say enough good about this book! Please give yourself a treat this year and read this book...I am SO GLAD that I did :)"
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"Mrs. Claus and The School of Christmas Spirit is a new Christmas story about a modern girl in a magical adventure." ~ Norwich Bookstore
About the Author
"Her first book, Mrs. Claus and The School of Christmas Spirit, was written during the summer. To find inspiration, she drank hot chocolate during July, instead of lemonade." ~ Rebecca Munsterer's Amazon Author page
"Rebecca Munsterer is the author and creator of Novel Nibble, an online website devoted to both serial fiction and musings about writing. An avid non-fiction writer as well, Rebecca has published articles in SKI, ISLANDS, READER'S DIGEST and various other periodicals. During the day, Munsterer works as the Senior Associate Director of Admissions at Dartmouth College where she reads over 2000 college essays annually. Munsterer lives in Norwich, Vermont where she finds inspiration for characters among the townsfolk." ~ In this Together Media
Book source
This is an unsolicited review of Mrs. Claus and the School of Christmas Spirit. I obtained my copy from Amazon.com.
Copyright 2012 Irene Taylor. Permission to republish in print or online must be granted by the author of this blog in writing.
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