How To Catch An Elf

In the picture book How to Catch an Elf by Adam Wallace, Wallace creates the central theme of problem-solving and creativity through the main character, who struggles with a mischievous elf. As the story progresses, the main character grows in the skill set of patience and persistence, and learns to work through situations with new ideas. Andy Elkerton illustrations play a pivotal role in developing the story. The elf represents security and highlights how obstacles can be both fun and tricky. I personally feel that this book teaches through the main character that facing challenges with creativity and teamwork can be a great outlet for personal growth. In conclusion, this book is very beneficial for children in reminding them how show more trying different ideas can help overcome tricky situations. show less

I have not read a single book in this series. I can not see why they are so popular. The cadence is spot on, the rhymes steady, the illustrations cheerful and eye catching. In this story it’s up to the elf not to get caught and spring any traps set for santa. It's a super fun and super quick story.
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After reading "How to Catch an Elf" by Adam Wallace and Andy Elkerton I had mixed feelings about it. I liked the book because of the language and the illustrations. However, I did not feel like the book was that engaging. Throughout the story, rhyming words were used to create a pattern for language. On page 3 the elf says, “Some kids have tried to catch him, but Santa’s fast, you see! So they’ve set their eyes on a smaller prize, and now they’re after me!” This is an example of rhyming words being used in sentences to construct pattern. Additionally, the illustrations in this short story were wonderful. The detail on the characters and the scenery really helped to give a good picture of the events taking place. Furthermore, I show more feel that the illustrations strengthen the text because all the colors that were used helped to set a mood. An example would be on pages 5 and 6. The colors used in the illustration were warm reds, yellows, browns, and greens. These colors and the grin that the elf is wearing makes me feel like the mood is cheerful or happy. I did not find the book engaging because it was hard to follow along with. At first, I did not understand if Santa wanted the elf to get caught or not. After reading further, I then discovered that Santa and the elf were working together. Overall, I believe that the big idea was that kids shouldn’t keep trying to catch Santa and his elf helper. show less

How to Catch an Elf was a cute story about how children decided to catch Santa’s elf instead of trying to catch Santa himself. They set out traps for the elf but he was clever enough to not be caught.

This book gives one elf experience of trying not to be caught on Christmas eve. It list all of the traps used to catch an elf. This book can be used for entertainment and to have children write about how they would catch their own elf.

A cute book for the holidays, rhyming, perfect for younger kids.

The elf and Santa are out delivering presents to all the good boys and girls. At each house there are traps that are trying to catch the elf and as they go to each house the traps get harder and harder but they can never seem to catch the elf. I would read this book around Christmas time and use this book to introduce rhyming.