Book review: Matilda saves Santa Claus

Book Review:  Matilda saves Santa Claus (2013) by Alex Field

A Christmas gift, that is a picture book about Christmas? Yes please!

It's a beautifully illustrated book your kids are going to enjoy for the whole year. 

Kids won't really care that the story lacks a lyrical flow or that it's really repetitive.

My psychological perspective:

Suitability for children: 

This is a book that needs to be read to little children. Some of the typeface makes it difficult, and a few words would be unfamiliar to preps. It's a simple story with a great moral. It' doesn't matter how small you are, you can make a huge difference, and be rewarded for it.

My Christian Perspective:

God uses the most unlikely of heros to do great things. He chose the youngest child to be a king, a persecutor to be an evangelist. So the themes of getting little ones to recognise that their size or age isn't a barrier to serve others is a great message.
Whether santa claus is real or not, and whether as a Christian, we should perpetuate this is another debate. But I heard on the radio the "origins" of Christmas stockings. It's goes something like this, there was a poor man with three young daughters, he was too proud to ask for assistance during Christmas, but couldn't afford any gifts for his little girls. Saint Nicolas findng out about this threw 3 gold coins down his chimney which landed in the stockings the girls were hanging out to dry.
Yes, the spirit of Christmas is about love, it's about giving, whether gifts or services to others. And it's not expecting anything in return.

My overall rating: 

Good
This resource maybe useful and maybe a decent use of time. 

Great solid picture book that will withstand the multi-re-reads your child will enjoy.

I was provided with a review copy of this book.