Eleanor's Very Merry Christmas
Eleanor's Very Merry Christmas Wish is a magical, original holiday fantasy that tells the story of Christmas through the eyes of Eleanor, a rag doll who lives at the North Pole. Through Eleanor's tale, boys and girls see the wonder of living at the North Pole but also the yearning of a rag doll who wants a home - and best friend - of her own.
Eleanor sees wishes granted for good boys and girls every year and decides it is time to for her to write her own letter to Santa asking him to grant her very, merry Christmas wish. We then follow her story as her letter leads her to more than she could have imagined.
This much-needed old-fashioned book is a welcome relief from a world that forces children to be over-scheduled, over-driven and overwhelmed and provides the fantasy and whimsy critical to allowing them to use their imaginations.
Set in the magical world of the North Pole Eleanor's story teaches the importance of friendship, family and the very human need of wanting to be loved. Little girls and their mothers will bond with Eleanor and her very special wish to belong to someone.
Readers will delight in Eleanor's experiences as she lives day-to-day building toys in the workshop, baking cookies with Mrs. Claus, playing reindeer games with Rudolph and the rest of the reindeer and, her favorite job of all, wrapping all of the beautiful presents that will be given to good little girls and boys everywhere.
We will all understand Eleanor's wish, despite all of the wonderful things and people and the North Pole, to have a very best friend and home of her own. And, when her wish is granted, we will share with her the bittersweet feelings of leaving behind those you love to begin a new chapter in life and learning that those you love are always with you in your heart.