Why such a low rating? The mostly illegible font for the text. It was very distracting which is a shame considering I love how Santa in the City reaches those underrepresented populations. Those in the city. Those who live in apartments. ( )

Pet peeve: Every scene depicting the North Pole shows penguins. Not polar bears, not reindeer...penguins. Come on.

Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book through Edelweiss. ( )

City dwelling black child asks questions about Santa ... and a black Santa leaves his picture for her.
Nice!! ( )

Santa in the City by Tiffany D. Jackson is a sweet Christmas holiday book. In the days leading up to Christmas, Deja, a young girl from Brooklyn, begins to question the myth of Santa. Her family and other adults in her life keep the magic of Santa alive after she begins to have doubts.

I simply adored the illustrations: cartoony, they look like a storyboard for a new children's holiday TV show. There are some Easter eggs (Christmas presents?) put in by the illustrator which made me happy. ( )

Deja has a lot of thoughtful questions about how Santa gets all his work done, especially after hearing from her skeptical friends. Her family provides answers that make sense to Deja, but she decides to stay up late on Christmas Eve and ask the one person who would know all the answers: Santa himself. This imaginative read-aloud will reach kids of a certain age who may also have questions about Santa.