Terri Dunham
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This Cajun version of Santa's Christmas Eve deliveries tells of Papa Noël living in a Louisiana swamp and bringing gifts in a boat pulled by alligators along the Mississippi River.
Author
Language
English
Description
Around the world Santa Claus has many names. But in a deep, swampy bayou of Louisiana, he's known as Papa Noël. In such a hot and humid place, there can be no sleds or reindeer, so Papa Noël rides the river in a boat that's pulled by eight alligators, with a snowy white one named Nicollette in the lead. On this particular Christmas Eve, it's so foggy on the river that even Nicollette's magical glowing-green eyes may not be enough to guide Papa Noël....