Where, Oh Where, Is Santa Claus?

Lisa Wheeler and Ivan Bates are together again in this Christmas picture book starring Santa Claus and his furry arctic friends.

Publishers Weekly

The search is on when Santa's reindeer put out their version of an APB: "Clip-clop, clip-clop, two-by-two./ Santa, Santa! Where are you?" All manner of polar paws (and some fins) get in step and join the hunt on a frigid, frosty arctic night. Could prints in the snow ("Ziggy-zaggy/ tricky track./ Crisscross, crisscross/ doubles back") be a break in the case? This jaunty, fun-to-say verse has the verve of a kid-friendly whodunit. And Wheeler and Bates's (One Dark Night) snowy sleuths, most notably a gleeful belly-sliding seal pup and "bumbling-tumbling" polar cub shaking off the water from an evening dip, are not to be missed. Ages 3-7. (Oct.)

LISA WHEELER is the author of many irresistible read-aloud picture books. She lives near Detroit, Michigan.

IVAN BATES has illustrated two previous picture books by Lisa Wheeler, as well as Just You and Me and The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, both written by Sam McBratney. He lives in England.