The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus

Name: The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: L. Frank Baum
ISBN: 9781483012025

Author: L. Frank Baum

Narrator: Bobbie Frohman

Unabridged: 3 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Alcazar AudioWorks

Published: 02/20/2014

Categories: Children's Fiction, Holiday Stories, Classic Children's Stories

Synopsis

Written by the author of the Wizard of Oz, L. Frank Baum, The Lives and Adventures of Santa Claus is a magical tale about the origins and history of Santa Claus. Santa’s childhood among the fairies and animals, how he came to make presents, and why he comes down our chimneys at Christmas are all explained in this delightful audiobook.

About L. Frank Baum

Lyman Frank Baum (1856–1919), born in Chittenango, New York, was a journalist, dramatist, and writer best known for his fantasies about the land of Oz, the first being The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The success of this book led to his writing thirteen sequels. He wrote about sixty books in all, mostly for children.

About Bobbie Frohman

Bobbie Frohman, a third generation Californian, was raised in a large extended family, the niece of cowboys. Early on she developed a deep love of animals, training her dogs to perform with her at dog shows, and as a competitive barrel racer with her beloved horse, Lucky.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Candi on November 24, 2017

This was a delightful tale of the origins of Santa Claus in a world full of magical, immortal creatures. This was not your traditional Santa at the North Pole story, nor did I expect it to be, coming from such an imaginative writer as L. Frank Baum. This story had the wondrous feel of a fairy tale,......more

Goodreads review by Susan on December 19, 2022

We will not Banish Magic from the World, not while Jolly Old Saint Nicholas keeps the Spirit of Christmas Alive in our Hearts! The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (1902) by L. Frank Baum is the classic biography of the legendary man in the red suit ~ Santa Claus. Child of the Forest As with most b......more

Goodreads review by mark on August 12, 2016

in his wonderful Oz series, Baum usually does a good job at keeping his more precious & cutesy-poo tendencies in check. his bracingly no-nonsense little heroines and often delightfully bizarre imagination help to keep things treacle-free. unfortunately no such barriers have been put in place for thi......more

Goodreads review by Patricia on December 17, 2018

ME HA ENCANTADO. No sé por qué esta historia de Baum es tan poco conocida cuando sin duda llega al nivel del mundo de Oz. En este libro el autor nos cuenta su versión de cómo nació Santa Claus y como se fue convirtiendo en la figura que hoy conocemos y que se pasa la noche de Nochebuena repartiendo......more

Goodreads review by Trish on December 18, 2020

Two years after the author's most famous work, Frank L. Baum published this chronicle of Santa Claus (actually named Nickclaus). We readers thus learn of his childhood in a magic forest where he was raised by nymphs and other immortal folk, before we follow him as an adult man until he becomes the im......more

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“Will appeal to many children.” School Library Journal