Mac Barnett is a New York Times best-selling author of several books for children, some of them illustrated by Jon Klassen. Winner of three New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Book Awards and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, Mac Barnett lives in Oakland, California.

Jon Klassen is the creator of the New York Times bestseller I Want My Hat Back, which was named a Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book, a New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Children's Book of the Year, and a Publishers Weekly Best Children's Book of the Year. He returned with another hat and another thief in This Is Not My Hat, which won the Caldecott Medal and became a New York Times bestseller.

The question of how roly-poly Santa can squeeze himself down any chimney, and even insinuate himself into spaces that have no chimney, is quite a stumper. But this mystery is tackled head-on (and hilariously) by the multi-award-winning team of Barnett and Klassen. . . Klassen's illustrations, done in graphite pencil and ink and finished digitally, fit the absurdist humor wonderfully. The conclusion--that the narrator has no idea how Santa does it but is glad he can--is a great kicker. - Booklist. Review of 'How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?'

A dynamic picture-book duo turn their attention to one of the great mysteries of our time. Synched perfectly with Barnett's gentle yet hilarious questions and often silly propositions ("Or does he slip through the pipes and come out of your faucet?"), Klassen's tan-skinned Santa is as funny and expressionless as a bearded Buster Keaton. For all that it leans heavily on absurdity, this book exhibits some serious heart. In the market for an understated Christmas classic? Behold! A Christmas miracle - Kirkus Reviews. Review of 'How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?'

Comical speculation tries to answer the question we all wonder about, with much of the humour added by the pictures, in which stolid Santa is found in undignified positions. - Children's books of the year 2023, The Sunday Times (English edition)

The perfect pairing of Barnett and Klassen delivers a sublime festive gift in this testing question of how Father Christmas brings presents, all wrapped up with dead-pan humour and deceptively simple illustrations. [...] The ideal answer to every child's bemusement, make sure you hang a stocking by the fireplace holding this one. - Daily Mail (English edition)

Guaranteed to bring Christmas cheer... With Klassen's droll, sooty illustrations, and just a little naughtiness, it's a real schmaltz-free treat. - The Guardian (English edition)

Publisher: Nubeocho

Pub date: 2024-09-24

Length: 40 pages