Washoe County Library System

Pictures and brief text follow a rather disgruntled Santa Claus on his annual rounds.

"Nikolas, the boy who would one day be known as Santa Claus, goes on a life-changing quest to the North Pole"--

A 14th-century woodworker dedicates his life to making children happy, but when age and infirmity catches up with him, he is made a saint and moves north to make children happy forever.

When his alarm clock fails to go off, Santa oversleeps on Christmas Eve and then encounters a series of disasters that threaten to prevent him from delivering his presents on time.

Having overslept on the day he is supposed to deliver his sleighful of presents, Santa finds everything going wrong as he frantically scrambles to get ready for the big job.

A collection of picture puzzles in which young readers are asked to find Santa Claus and other things related to Christmas.

A resident of the North Pole with the ability to slide up and down chimneys meets a flying reindeer and some industrious elves, in this fictional biography of Santa Claus.

In November Linus, Lucas, and their little brother Johannes take a trip to sunny Spain with their parents. There they meet Reuben Stormfoot, who claims to be 118 years old and has a long white beard, and his wife, Hosannah. Linus and Lucas think the old man is odd, but Johannes and he become friends. When Christmas comes around, all three boys are in for a surprise.

A magical train ride on Christmas Eve takes a boy to the North Pole to receive a special gift from Santa Claus.