Excerpt from The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus The Laughing Valley; How Claus Made the First Toy; How the Ryls Colored the Toys; How Little Mayrie Became Frightened; How Bessie Blithesome Came to the Laughing Valley; The Wickedness of the Awgwas; The Great Battle Between Good and Evil; The First Journey with the Reindeer; "Santa Claus!"; Christmas Eve; How the First Stockings were Hung by the Chimneys; The First Christmas Tree; The Mantle of Immortality; When the World Grew Old; The Deputies of Santa Claus About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus is a 1902 children's book, written by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by Mary Cowles Clark

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus is a 1902 children's book, written by L. Frank Baum

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus is the most loving, gentle story of the Santa Claus legend that has ever been written. A wonderful telling of the tale, good for children who still believe in Santa Claus, their older siblings who have learned their elders are the givers, and parents who are looking for a way to explain the transition and to focus on the real meaning of Christmas giving.

Reproduction of the original.

A history of Santa and his elves.

A human foundling child, adopted by a wood-nymph and raised by the creatures who inhabit a magical forest, grows up to be the immortal Santa Claus