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    The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
    The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
    The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
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    The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus

    Written by L. Frank Baum

    Narrated by Bobbie Frohman

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    By the author of the Wizard of Oz, a magical tale about the origins and story of Santa Claus. Santa's childhood among the fairies and animals, how he came to make presents, and why he comes down our chimneys at Christmas.

    Table of Contents:
    YOUTH
    1. Burzee
    2. The Child of the Forest
    3. The Adoption
    4. Claus
    5. The Master Woodsman
    6. Claus Discovers Humanity
    7. Claus Leaves the Forest

    MANHOOD
    1. The Laughing Valley
    2. How Claus Made the First Toy
    3. How the Ryls Colored the Toys
    4. How Little Mayrie Became Frightened
    5. How Bessie Blithesome Came to the Laughing Valley
    6. The Wickedness of the Awgwas
    7. The Great Battle Between Good and Evil
    8. The First Journey with the Reindeer
    9. "Santa Claus!"
    10. Christmas Eve
    11. How the First Stockings Were Hung by the Chimneys
    12. The First Christmas Tree

    OLD AGE
    1. The Mantle of Immortality
    2. When the World Grew Old
    3. The Deputies of Santa Claus
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAlcazar Audio Works
    Release dateJan 1, 2013
    ISBN9781939444370
    Author

    L. Frank Baum

    Lyman Frank Baum (1856–1919) was an American children’s book author, best known for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. He wrote thirteen novel sequels, nine other fantasy novels, and several other works (55 novels in total, plus four "lost" novels, 83 short stories, over 200 poems, an unknown number of scripts, and many miscellaneous writings).

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    • 2/5
      I should have been able to read this in a ridiculously short amount of time; I mean, it's a tiny book. Plus, I always try to finish books on principle. However, I couldn't finish this one. I love the story's premise and the fairies, nymphs and other magical creatures were delightful. But I can't get past L. Frank Baum's writing style. I find it stifling and looking back, I suppose I've always found his writing stifling because I've never been able to get the whole way through one of his books. Every time I even think about finishing this book I cringe, so I think I'm just going to cut myself a break and go read something more enjoyable.
    • 5/5
      I owned a copy of this book when I was a child and I still, many, many years later, mourn its loss. This was one of my favorite books and I can't begin to say how beautiful a story I find it. I love the way that Baum mingled fairies and animal wonder tales with the Santa Claus mythology to create a new version of the story.The version I owned as a child was a very early edition and had beautiful illustrations, but I don't know if it was a first edition; that edition was illustrated by Mary Cowles Clark. My local library has copies illustrated by Michael Hague. I think he's a wonderful illustrator, but I imprinted on the pictures from my childhood.
    • 5/5
      Beautifully illustrated book of how Santa Claus came to be. Not the usual story - beginning with the fantasical fairytale of St. Nick being raised by woodland fairies to finding reindeer to building toys and finally becomming immortal.
    • 4/5
      A delightful children's fantasy. A reminder of what made Baum's books so enjoyable. The older style of writing may take some getting used to, but it is well worth it. By removing Santa Claus to the realm of folklore, he can explain who Santa Claus is, how he does what he does and why he does what he does without getting involved with the conflict of the religion of Christmas. You can have both.
    • 3/5
      This begins with the discovery of the human baby by nymph Necile, who asks for permission from the Master Woodsman, a ruler of immortals, to keep the mortal child for her own. Named Claus, the boy is raised by all the fairies and magical creatures until the day he realizes that he must go live among other humans. He discovers a talent for toy-making, an empathy for all children, a way to carry his toys across the world and how simple B&E is.I didn't know Baum, author of The Wizard of Oz, had written anything else. This was published in 1902, well before Coca-Cola provided us with the Santa we think of now, so I don't know how much Baum based his Santa on folktales and how much was his own creation. For instance, the reindeer names are Flossie, Glossie, Racer, Pacer, Reckless, Speckless, Fearless, Peerless, Ready and Steady.This is written like a very old-fashioned fairy tale and was slow going at first until I realized that this book must have been intended to be read out loud to children.
    • 2/5
      Meh. It's an unremarkable late Victorian children's tale. Merely unremarkable (and I'm finding I don't much care for the late-Vic-children's-tale as a genre, so "unremarkable" counts against it in my book). Employs a non-traditional "pantheon" of magical beings (knooks? ryls?) in the regular (non-magical) world, with which I did not connect. I thought there were lots of inconsistencies, large and small, and several things that just were not credible (not only did Santa invent toys, but he continues to monopolize absolutely this "cottage" {hee hee} industry). Plus some Victorian social bias slips through (e.g., the rich children speak well, the poor ones do not).