I've seen Santa

I’ve seen Santa

David Bedford

Illustrated by Tim Warnes

This is a beautiful book for young children. It tells a lovely story of Little Bear wanting to stay up on Christmas Eve to see Santa as he delivers his presents.

Each page of the book is full of detail in the drawings and the font is of a good size so younger readers could follow along, or try to read themselves if they wanted.

I think the story would be suitable for a wide range of ages and the pictures would provide lovely visuals for very young children.

The text includes some interesting phonic language, which could challenge younger readers, and enforce some of their sounds, especially with lots of use of consonant digraphs: “ch”, “sh”, “wh”.

The story shows a lovely aspect of family life and demonstrates the excitement and mystery that Christmas holds.

Bedford, D. (2005) I’ve seen Santa. London: Little Tiger Press.