THE WILD CHRISTMAS REINDEER
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Decorative side panels showing Santa's elves preparing for Christmas--day by December day--steal the show from this slight story about Teeka, who's trying to get the reindeer ready. They're obstreperous as long as she's stem and dictatorial, but become cooperative with her first gentle word. Brett's precise, glowing illustrations, drawing on Swedish folk art, make this a beguiling Advent calendar of a book.