THE GOOD STORY

Is Santa Claus real? Every child half hopes and half fears to know. This is how a family tells the truth, and makes it glorious.

Coming soon

Inside The Good Man

A SICKNESS CAME THE SEAPORT GREW STILL, THE SHIPS SAT IN HARBOR, THEIR SAILS WOULD NOT FILL.

• 12 x 12 hardcover100 pages
• 24-inch open spreadpainted every page
• Gilded page edgesstriped endpapers
• Written and illustrated byMrs. Claus

The Good Man way

Draft wording from her story, for her to approve.

Read with Mrs. Claus

The Night Before Christmas▶The Night Before ChristmasClement C. Moore, 1823 · under 7 minutesThe Tale of Peter Rabbit▶The Tale of Peter RabbitBeatrix Potter, 1901 · under 7 minutesA Child's Garden of Verses▶A Child's Garden of VersesRobert Louis Stevenson, 1885 · under 7 minutes▶The Good Man, part oneThe boy in the harbor · under 7 minutes▶The Good Man, part twoThe council and the jail · under 7 minutes▶The Good Man, part threeGiving never ends · under 7 minutesOllie Forgot▶Ollie ForgotTedd Arnold, 1988 · under 7 minutesPublisher OK pendingA Time to Keep▶A Time to KeepTasha Tudor, 1977 · under 7 minutesPublisher OK pendingThe Polar Express▶The Polar ExpressChris Van Allsburg, 1985 · under 7 minutesPublisher OK pendingThe Mitten▶The MittenJan Brett, 1989 · under 7 minutesPublisher OK pending

Square story videos: Santa and Mrs. Claus read the whole book, pages on screen, to a couple of children. Titles marked pending go live when the publisher says yes.

Letters we shared this week

First names only, shared with a parent's OK.