Elf Dust, a new children’s book available for Christmas 2024, offers an imaginative new way to bring Santa and his elves to life for young children.
As the story reveals, the elves begin their visits in early December to complete the ‘naughty and nice’ list for Santa. The book illustrates how elves fly into each home and magically evade humans and pets and always leave their glittering calling card.
The book and activity will be especially helpful to parents and children living in homes or apartment buildings without a roof top or chimney as the author, Nancy Merrill, did in Hong Kong.
Merrill combined red and green glitter and placed it in places elves would hide, then she waited for her children to find it. As Merrill’s children spread the word, their friends soon discovered Elf Dust in their homes too. And the excitement grew.
“Imagination and anticipation are instantly ignited as children discover Elf Dust in their homes. That’s when the wonder and the questions begin; “what the elf looked life”; “what they did,” said Merrill.
In addition to opening the door to imaginative play, the activity is easy on parents. A few placements of Elf Dust can be done in minutes and then slowly discovered as Christmas approaches.
The book is a 32page, full color, hard cover book available at www.elfdustbook.com
Upcoming ‘Elf Dust’ Book Events
November 9 2:30 pm The Story Book Shoppe Bluffton Tanger 2
November 20, 3 – 5:00 pm Beaufort Book Store Book Reading
November 22, 23 24 Beaufort’s ‘Homes for the Holiday’ (The book will be a featured design element in one of the homes.)
November 23 ,11- 12:00pm Sassafras on Carteret Book reading
December 6, 11:00 am Sandbox Children’s Museum Book reading
December 6, 5 – 9:00 pm McIntosh Books Book Signing
December 12, 6 – 7:30 pm Pat Conroy Center Open Mic Night
