Young Claus

by James Magnuson

Before Santa Claus was Santa Claus, he was a boy, and this is his story. Young Claus is an origin story and a fable for both adults and children, in the tradition of The Little Prince and The Last Unicorn. Young Lars Claus loses his father in a logging accident and, with his mother and grandmother, has to move to a strange land in the Far North, a land of exiles, outcasts, and survivors. Here he encounters a school where the children...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875658369
• ISBN13: 9780875658360
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Texas Christian University Press
• Length: 335 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"