Daddy Daughter Day: The Elf on the Shelf

It is Friday once again. I can hardly believe that it is only two weeks until Christmas. With today's Daddy Daughter Day I want to share with you a book my wife found for our daughter on a shopping trip with friends. The book is The Elf on the Shelf by Carol V. Aebersold and Chanda A. Bell, and illustrated by Coe Steinwart.

This story explains how Santa knows if a child has been naughty or nice. It turns out an elf is sent to each child's house to report back to Santa. The book explains how this scout elf appears each holiday season and watches everything the child does. Then, each night, the elf flies back to the North Pole to report in to Santa.

This is going to be a fun tradition to start with my daughter. She is just now at the age where she is figuring out what this Santa thing is all about and this will be a fun addition to the traditional canon. The book includes a page at the end to write in the date the tradition began at your home.

About the Authors:

Carol Aebersold and her daughter Chanda Bell teamed up to write The Elf on the Shelf. Carol is a graduate of the University of Tennessee and has worked as a teacher and former editor-in-chief of Dayspring Magazine. Chanda graduated from the University of West Georgia and has also been a teacher. She designed a remedial reading curriculum for a local school district and was commissioned to design a national reading skills test.

About the Illustrator:

Coe Steinwart was educated at the Cincinnati Art Academy and received her bachelor's degree from the University of Cincinnati. Her paintings have been exhibited throughout the United States, Europe and Australia. She lives in Marietta, Georgia where she continues to "practice and discover the challenge and fun of watercolor painting."