The Day Santa Stopped Believing in Harold

What I Loved:We all know that there are children that are questioning if Santa is real; if happens all the time. What we may NOT have known is that SANTA questioned if Harold, a child, was real!I loved that this book took a real life situation and flipped it over. The way the authors used this common occurrence, but changed the players had my entire family giggling. Santa questions Harold’s existence because of a variety of inaccuracies such as: Harold used to be really tiny and now he’s MUCH larger, Harold can’t really be the one writing the letters to Santa, it must be his mother, and so many other things! It was adorable!How I Felt:The Day Santa Stopped Believing in Harold gives a child a reason to believe again. We go through the first half of the book listening to Santa’s long list of reason’s why he thinks that Harold isn’t real. Mrs. Claus listens and tries to bring Santa around, but he will not have his mind changed.The book then takes us to the other side of this story. Harold, in his home, deciding that he’s going to wait up all night to see if Santa is or is not real. The book gives the reader a chance to see both sides of this story and I loved that while Santa was losing faith that Harold was real, Harold was losing faith that Santa was real.Both of my children enjoyed everything about this book, and while I rated it a 5 star read, my kids gave it a 10 STAR RATING.The illustrations were fabulous throughout the entire book. I loved how everything was rounded. Santa was adorable as a big circular Jolly Old Saint Nick.The colors were bright and vibrant making every page a joy to look at and there was so much TO look at! The details that were added to each page made the story really come to life.To Read or Not To Read:This book is perfect for early elementary children. The story is adorable and will keep a young reader’s attention and have them asking to read it again and again.

This is a very funny story. It is cute, sweet, and well written. My family loves it, and I've been buying it for all my friends with kids. I rate it 10/10!

This was well written and well received by my kids!

This was our Christmas book hit this year. My 5yo son (a FIRM Santa believer) was in stitches, and the book is actually funny (not just by 5yo standards), the illustrations are fantastic. As a parent of a biracial family (who was also born into a biracial family), it was SO AWESOME to see a biracial couple as the parents. They don’t make it part of the story of anything which is great, just seeing that in a children’s book like this really warmed my heart. I would have LOVED a booked like this when I was little and there weren’t as many families that looked like mine. This will be a story we will treasure for years and years to come.

Love this turn on believing in Christmas Magic. My students laughed out loud!

My kids and I love this book! I was so excited to find it used at such a good price. And even more pleasantly surprised at what great shape it is in! Looks brand new! Very funny take on the “is Santa real?” question. For the record, YES HE IS!

My creative drama class loved this book! It really gave us a lot of laughs and wonderful creative material to work with!

This is a new favorite Christmas book: I love how the reality of a child starting to doubt the existence of Santa is flipped around and Santa is doubting the existence of a child. The story and illustrations are delightful!

O livro é adorável!Muito bem ilustrado, conta de forma hilária como Papai Noel dúvida da existência de uma criança.Perfeito para quando seu filho é informado por outras crianças, colegas de sala ou primos, que Papai Noel não existe.Uma pena a Amazon, só ter a versão em inglês, mas mesmo assim é uma ótima compra.Indico para crianças entre 5 e 8 anos.

I love this book. Well written.

Such a cute book!! Bought this for my step father and he got a great kick out of it!!

Great Christmas story