Book Review: Steve the Christmas Elf by Billy Dunne & Ben Whitehouse @Buster_books @KellyALacey @lovebookstours @igbooktours

Title: Steve the Christmas Elf
Author: Billy Dunne
Illustrator: Ben Whitehouse
Genre: Children’s Book (2-5 years)
Pages: 32
Published: Buster Books 14th October 2021

Buy Link: Amazon

Blurb

A humorous and heart-warming story about a little elf who stops believing in the magic of Christmas and a little girl called May, who help each other find their way.

Steve the Christmas elf is in the North Pole, busy making toys for the big day. But he suddenly wonders: what if the children he’s making toys for don’t exist? Well, it’s not like he’s ever seen them…

Join Steve on a Christmas Eve adventure as he sneaks on board Santa’s sleigh, befriends a little girl who’s found herself on the naughty list and gets himself into a whole load of festive trouble.

Review

I have read Steve the Christmas Elf with my 5 year old son almost every night since receiving it and he is still asking for this book over all of his others.
Steve the Christmas Elf has a big question about Christmas and the toys and he decides to find the answer himself by going on an adventure.
It is a rhyming book and is so cute.

The illustrations are very detailed and beautifully drawn, my son has been pointing things out that I hadn’t even noticed.

Overall this is a fantastic book, we both enjoy reading it together and it is getting us quite excited for Christmas…maybe Steve the Christmas Elf will visit?!

Author Bio
Witty, handsome, charming, strong; Billy knows all these words, and more. He lives in Reading, England with his wife and son and sometimes writes children’s books.

Ben Whitehouse is an illustrator born and raised in Birmingham, UK. At the moment, he lives in Chepstow, Wales with his lovely girlfriend, Yvonne, and their crazy border collie named Sparrow. Ben has worked at Aardman features as an assistant animator. He has also worked in the animation industry as a character designer, animator and stop motion puppet maker before finding his happy feet within the world of illustration.