When Santa fell to Earth
When he and his caravan come crashing down to earth during a thunderstorm two weeks before Christmas, Santa is befriended by two children, Charlotte and Ben, who try to help him save the holiday from the tricks and moneymaking schemes of Gerold Geronimus Goblynch and to take off in time for his annu...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English German |
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New York :
Scholastic,
2006.
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| Edition: | 1st American ed. |
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| Summary: | When he and his caravan come crashing down to earth during a thunderstorm two weeks before Christmas, Santa is befriended by two children, Charlotte and Ben, who try to help him save the holiday from the tricks and moneymaking schemes of Gerold Geronimus Goblynch and to take off in time for his annual rounds. |
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| Item Description: | Translation of: Als der Weihnachtsmann vom Himmel fiel. "Chicken House." |
| Physical Description: | 164 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| ISBN: | 043978204X 9780439782043 1428702415 (BWI bdg.) 9781428702417 (BWI bdg.) |
| Author Notes: | Her desire to draw magical worlds and her disappointment over the way some stories were written inspired her to write her own children's books. Her book, The Thief Lord, won the Mildred L. Batchelder Award for the best translated children's book of the year and the Book Sense Book of the Year Award. She has also received the Book Sense Children's Literature Award for Inkheart and Inkspell. Funke has written numerous books including Dragon Rider, When Santa Fell to Earth, Igraine The Brave, Reckless, Saving Mississippi, Inkheart, Inkspell, Inkdeath, Igraine the Brave, and The Princess Knight. Inkheart was adapted into a film. Cornelia Funke was voted into the Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people of 2005. (Bowker Author Biography) |
