Auntie Claus (1999)
Story and pictures by Elise Primavera
A deluxe gift edition of the modern Christmas classic, featuring an access code to a printable Christmas party kit, plus downloadable audio read by Academy Award-winning actress Ellen Burstyn!

Auntie Claus is just another eccentric New Yorker--or is she? Young Sophie has often wondered about her unusual great-aunt, Auntie Claus. She lives in penthouse 25C at the Bing Cherry Hotel and is so mysterioso! After all, Auntie Claus serves Christmas cookies all year long and her tree is always the best-decorated in the city. And then there's her annual "business trip," right around the holidays. This year Sophie is determined to get to the bottom of Auntie Claus's curious ways. Put on your mittens and stow away with Sophie on an adventure to a faraway world—straight to the heart of Christmas!.
Praise for Auntie Claus
  • A New York Times Bestseller
  • A Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Book of the Year
  • Publishers Weekly starred review
  • The theme for Saks Fifth Avenue holiday windows New York City
  • Feature live-action musical currently in development
  •  “Holiday magic abounds in a picture book poised to make a big splash!” starred review Publishers Weekly
  • “A beautifully illustrated holiday story-with-a-message about the real force behind Christmas.” Los Angeles Times
  • “Well worth the splurge…brims with fantastic energy.” New York Times
  • “Sure to become a holiday classic.” –Parents magazine