Title: Sleigh Magic
Author: Susan Vaughan
Genre: Children’s Picture Storybook
Book Blurb:
Long, long ago, Santa Claus lands in the Great North Woods. When he yawns, Squirrel asks why he is so tired. Santa says that more and more children write him every year. One day he may not have enough magic to make all the toys by himself. Squirrel quivers with an idea. Can animals help? Will they need sleigh magic?
Excerpt:
Long, long ago in the Great North Woods, deep night reigned. The sky glittered with stars above a wide clearing.
Squirrel raised a paw. “I see it!”
Raccoon stood up on his hind legs. “He’s coming!”
Fox flicked his tail.
A sleigh curved down from the sky. It hovered in midair before it landed in the clearing. The team of reindeer snorted. Their bells echoed in the night.
Out of the sleigh clambered a big man in a red suit. A rolled-up paper fell out of the sleigh and unfurled far across the snowy field. The man yawned.
“What is wrong?” Raccoon whispered.
“Why is he so tired?” Squirrel wondered.
The man fed each reindeer a carrot. “Good evening, my friends,” he boomed.
Raccoon and Fox scurried over. “Merry Christmas, Santa Claus.”
Squirrel hopped forward but stayed behind her bolder friends. Squirrel and Raccoon worked together to roll up the long paper. Fox sniffed the paper.
Santa reached in his pack and handed them each a gift. A packet of walnuts for Squirrel. A shiny mirror for Raccoon. A brush for Fox’s fine fur.
Squirrel saw new lines around Santa’s mouth, dark circles under his eyes. In spite of her shyness, she said, “Santa, what worries you so?”
“My scroll lists all the children who write to me,” Santa said. “More and more every year, as many as stars in the sky. I worked night and day for months. I almost didn’t make enough toys.” A tear leaked from one of Santa’s eyes.
Squirrel trembled.
Santa continued, “One Christmas soon, I may not have gifts for every child. The magic that speeds my hands will not be strong enough.”
Squirrel’s tail twitched. Her nose twitched.
Buy Links (including Goodreads and BookBub):
Amazon softcover: https://www.amazon.com/Sleigh-Magic-Susan-Vaughan/dp/1633813576/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
Amazon hard cover Sleigh Magic: https://mybook.to/SleighMagicHardcover
Maine Authors Publishing: https://maineauthorspublishing.com/sleigh-magic/
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Author Biography:
Occasional bouts of insomnia led to Susan Vaughan's writing career. When she couldn't sleep, she made up stories to fill the long dark nights. She loves following wherever her imagination takes her, whether holiday legend, pirate treasure, or mystery. She taught in public schools for many years, twenty-five of them in Midcoast Maine, where she lives. She is the author of sixteen novels of romantic suspense and two children’s books.
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