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An empowering holiday picture book by Meena Harris, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Ambitious Girl about a young elf who's not sure she wants to follow in her family's footsteps and discovers a Christmas secret that helps her see things in a new way.
Amalia, a teddy bear-making elf from a long line of teddy bear-making elves doesn't actually enjoy making teddy bears! Worried about disappointing about family, she goes in search of her advice and discovers from none other than Mrs. Claus the importance of being true to yourself while also honoring family traditions. In turn, Amalia helps Mrs. Claus find the courage to reveal Mrs. Claus’s own truth: the world thinks she’s a nice lady in the background but while Santa has always been the face of Christmas … Mrs. Claus actually runs the show.
Inspired by her own life - questions she had as a young person and the encouraging wisdom of her immigrant grandmother who was a second mother to her - Meena Harris has created a heartwarming story that celebrates family and friends as it playfully upends the traditional Christmas origin story and firmly places a new figure at the center of it: Mrs. Claus.