I Am Not Santa Claus

A hilariously clever picture book about a man with a white beard and a red hat who, despite all evidence to the contrary, insists that he is NOT Santa Claus.

Everyone, look! It’s Santa Claus!

He says he’s just a regular old man! But he has a fluffy white beard and a red coat and hat, and even says “Ho ho ho”! He must be Santa Claus! Right?

Step inside and find out for yourself! Is this the real Santa Claus?

From T. L. McBeth comes a silly and clever picture book that is the perfect gift or stocking stuffer for Christmas!

Kids will enjoy this drily witty and original twist on Christmas. They’ll likely have already realized from the outset that, of course, this Santa’s real; they’ll feel vindicated by the conclusion. The humorous, thick-lined digital illustrations feature wide-eyed, racially diverse characters. A genuinely jolly Christmas choice. Kirkus reviews

T. L. McBeth was born in Findlay, Ohio. As a child, he grew up reading Dr. Seuss and H. A. & Margret Rey (although he mainly looked at the pictures). He studied illustration in college where he developed a love for expressive and minimal characters. In 2015, he moved to New York City to pursue an illustration career and he is currently lucky enough to illustrate picture books full time. He now lives in Bloomington, Indiana and enjoys working from his small home studio in the middle of nowhere.

When he does leave the house, he likes to watch the dogs in the neighbourhood dog park and visit bookstores for inspiration. He is the illustrator of Stegothesaurus, Triceratopposite, Ogilvy, Ducks! and the Big Words Small Stories series, and the author/illustrator of Robot in Love and the Randy, the Badly Drawn Horse series. T. L. was previously an artist-in-residence at Wetherby-Pembridge School New York. His work has been featured by Macmillan, Scholastic, Penguin Random House, Threadless, McDonald's, TODAY, The Wall Street Journal, the Society of Illustrators and is part of the permanent collection of the Mazza Museum.

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