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The Street Where Santa Lives

40 pp. | Tiger Tales | September, 2025 | Trade ISBN 978-1-66430-075-0 $18.99
(2) K-3 Illustrated by Julia Christians. When a man with a white beard moves into the unnamed narrator’s busy, diverse neighborhood, only she believes he’s Santa. He becomes a fixture, raising rabbits and opening a workshop to which everyone brings broken things, including the girl’s father’s motorcycle. When the man gets sick, she organizes the neighbors to bring him medicine and food, and he gets better just in time for Christmas Eve. A final illustration shows the neighborhood ­gathering outside for a celebration -- while, flying against a full moon, we see a man on a motorcycle pulled by rabbits. An uplifting Christmas story about the power of belief and the importance of community, with cheerful illustrations containing not a few hints to the man’s true identity (our narrator was right all along).
Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2025

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