title: Only YOU Can Save Christmas!: A Help-the-Elf Adventure
author:  Adam Wallace 
description: PreS-Gr 2It's the day before Christmas, and head elf Wink Silverbells is thrown into a panic when he discovers what he thinks is a list of presents that Santa wants to give his wife. Wink begins gathering the gifts, starting with a partridge in a pear tree, and occasionally improvising, as with five donuts standing in for five golden rings. Wink addresses readers directly with directions to yodel or dance in order to attract the appropriate items on the list. Wink gathers everything, only to be told gently by Santa that this is in fact a song, not a gift list. Wink seems satisfied, but readers may feel a sense of forced jollity as they are exhorted to keep partying with the dancing ladies and leaping lords. Cartoon illustrations and speech bubbles against a white background depict a host of North Pole and Christmas carol denizens, only a very few of whom are people of color. VERDICT This booklike the elftries too hard to drum up enthusiasm, with lackluster results.Eva Mitnick, Los Angeles Public Library
zlib_text: Who Needs Christmas? 7
  Shove Your Tree
  Twelve elves left the North Pole to be free of all things Christmas and have
  been living together for decades. They have gone without their mates for
  years, but when the first of the twelve finds his, the others have hope of
  finding theirs.
  
  Chiquita is an often socially awkward but caring elf. He hates Christmas trees
  and that he may not be able to save his wonderful mate from the pain he has
  endured physically and mentally.
  Alexi Domitrivich is a former teacher struggling with a life-threatening
  condition. Recently this condition has gotten much worse, but Chiquita could
  finally be the person to give him hope for the future and a life filled with
  love.
  Chiquita will stop at nothing to save his mate, but will his efforts be enough?
  Will Alexi have to accept his approaching death and leave behind the love he
  could have had with Chiquita?
  Genre: Alternative (M/M or F/F), Contemporary, Paranormal Length:
  35,342 words
  Shove Your Tree
  Who Needs Christ