I am very pleased with the quality of this little guy and the book. It's great that the elf has posable arms and legs so he can grab on to things. The more well known "Elf on the Shlef" does not and frankly I find that elf to be creppy looking anyway. My one gripe would be that the way the story is written it doesn't really catch a childs attention. It is a fun storyline, but could have been told in less pages OR even better, there could have been more of a story behind it rather than just a crying sad elf that wanted to see kids.