Baby Santa and the Lost Letters by M. Maitland DeLand (illustrated by Phil Wilson; Greenleaf, 2011) is a rather silly tale of how Santa’s son (Baby Santa) saves Christmas by finding the missing Christmas letters, which had been sent to the South Pole instead of the North Pole. This stood out to me because it emphasizes world geography to recover the letters, letting native animals of each continent save the day. Although not much about the cartoony illustrations or silly story stand out, my is fascinated by world maps and geography, so I suspect he’ll really enjoy this one (we haven’t read it together yet). Note: I received a review copy from the publisher for consideration for the 2011 Cybils awards.
