A Kidnapped Santa Claus

by L. Frank Baum

Overview

A Kidnapped Santa Claus is a perfect bedtime short story. The story opens with a quick overview of Santa's castle in the Laughing Valley. In the five Caves surrounding the Valley are people known as "the Daemons." These people are not all bad. Four of the five, the Daemons of Selfishness, Envy, Hatred, and Malice, are not good, but the fifth, the Daemon of Repentance, is sort of this way-that way.

The Daemons resent Santa Claus because children under the influence of his gifts rarely visit their caves. They decide to solve this problem by kidnapping him. So, as he is riding in his sleigh on Christmas Eve, they lasso him and take him to their caverns. Will Christmas be ruined? How will Santa deliver presents to children? Things do not look good!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9787992374289
Publisher:	Wise Owl Books
Publication date:	11/01/2022
Pages:	22
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.05(d)
Age Range:	6 - 8 Years

About the Author

Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919), better known by his pen name L. Frank Baum, was an American author chiefly known for his children's books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. He wrote thirteen novel sequels, nine other fantasy novels, and a host of other works (55 novels in total, plus four "lost works", 83 short stories, over 200 poems, an unknown number of scripts, and many miscellaneous writings), and made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and screen. His works anticipated such century-later commonplaces as television, augmented reality, laptop computers (The Master Key), wireless telephones (Tik-Tok of Oz), women in high risk, action-heavy occupations (Mary Louise in the Country), and the ubiquity of advertising on clothing (Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work). Source: Wikipedia

Date of Birth:

May 15, 1856

Date of Death:

May 6, 1919

Place of Birth:

Chittenango, New York

Place of Death:

Hollywood, California

Education:

Attended Peekskill Military Academy and Syracuse Classical School