Max's Christmas Adventure, by Wendy Leighton-Porter, earns the Literary Classics Seal of Approval

With the aid of an owl charm, Joe and Jemima’s cat, Max, can communicate with humans.  So, when Max finds Santa on the rooftop in the balmy month of August he’s able to chat with the jolly fellow to learn what brings him around so unseasonably early.  Max discovers Jemima has sent a letter to Father Christmas soliciting his help in finding her parents who’ve been trapped in an alternate dimension in time.  In short order Max accepts Santa’s invitation to help learn the whereabouts of Joe and Jemima’s parents.  The two are soon whisked away by a team of reindeer as they set off on an incredible journey through space and time.

Max’s Christmas Adventure is the second book in the Max’s Adventure Series.  This book is best when read as a series but is highly recommended as a wonderful book for the holidays.  Author Wendy Leighton-Porter’s Max’s Adventure Series, along with Max’s Christmas Adventure are books which will spurn a love of reading and ignite a spirit of imagination and adventure in young readers.  A delightful read which will leave kids itching to move on to the next book in the series, Max’s Christmas Adventure is recommended for home and school libraries and has earned the Literary Classics Seal of Approval.

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Christmas Nevermore earns the Literary Classics Seal of Approval

Polik and Nika are young siblings who live in an Inuit village in the Great North with their grandfather, Ikkuma, the village Shaman.  When magical stones are discovered, Ikkuma insists they must be returned to the Mother of the Sea or their village will be cursed.  But when the stones are hidden instead, their grandfather becomes gravely ill.

The brother and sister team up to find and return the stones in hopes of saving their grandfather and village. Polik and Nika discover the crisis has been caused by the disruption of their delicate ecosystem at the hands of an oil exploration team; they soon learn that global warming's impact has reached beyond their village.  Realizing something must be done to thwart the efforts of the oil drilling company they set off on a grand adventure. While on their quest, they encounter Santa Claus, who is also suffering from the affects of global warming.  Polik and Nika work together, and solicit the help of others, to preserve the earth and save Christmas for children everywhere.

Authors Marc Cadieux and Herve Bastien, have artfully blended Alaskan folk stories and the legend of Santa Claus into a magical combination while adeptly addressing the subject of global warming.  Page after page of beautiful illustrations, by Christina Zakhozhay, further enhance this story which is sure to become a cherished holiday treasure.


LITERARY CLASSICS Book Awards & Reviews International Book Awards • Top Honors Youth Book Awards • Seal of Approval http://www.clcawards.org