A review by calistareads
The Great Santa Stakeout by Betsy Bird
4.0
I got this late from the library and put this up as my last review of the year for picture books.
I am a fan of Dan Santat, so it was a treat to see he did the artwork here. It’s interesting that this is coming out the same day as my review of How to Catch an Elf because they sort of have the same premises - to catch Santa claus. The boy in this book, Freddy loves Santa and he dresses up as Santa every holiday of the year and people think he’s a little peculiar. He thinks he will be able to outwit Santa since he is such a fan.
Christmas night arrives and he hears a great commotion outside and he’s afraid he hurt Santa, but Santa outsmarted him and gave him a note, encouraging him to try harder next year.
The nephew didn’t like this one as much as the elf book. The other was funnier. He thought this book was ok. So I like this one better and he likes the other one better. The other is slap stick and this is more serious. He gave this 3 stars.
I am a fan of Dan Santat, so it was a treat to see he did the artwork here. It’s interesting that this is coming out the same day as my review of How to Catch an Elf because they sort of have the same premises - to catch Santa claus. The boy in this book, Freddy loves Santa and he dresses up as Santa every holiday of the year and people think he’s a little peculiar. He thinks he will be able to outwit Santa since he is such a fan.
Christmas night arrives and he hears a great commotion outside and he’s afraid he hurt Santa, but Santa outsmarted him and gave him a note, encouraging him to try harder next year.
The nephew didn’t like this one as much as the elf book. The other was funnier. He thought this book was ok. So I like this one better and he likes the other one better. The other is slap stick and this is more serious. He gave this 3 stars.