Princess Sophie and the Christmas Elixir is the story of a young girl who loves Christmas. When she sees that the people of Melodica are losing their Christmas spirit, she sets out to help them rekindle their magic...
Book Details:
Title: Princess Sophie and the Christmas Elixir
Author: Mike Martin
Publication Date: October 15, 2024
Pages: 24
Genre: Mezzo Publications
About the Book:
Princess Sophie and the Magic Elixir is the story of a young girl who loves Christmas. When she sees that the people of Melodica are losing their Christmas spirit, she sets out to help them rekindle their magic. At the end she finds that all we really need is to believe in the power of love.
My Review:
Princess Sophie and the Christmas Elixir is a fully illustrated children's book. This is a wonderful holiday story fit for everyone, children and adults alike. The illustrations are cute and vibrant. The message portrayed is one of love and rekindling the Christmas spirit of the residents of an entire town.
This is a quick read and perfect for a bedtime story. Of course, Princess Sophie and the Christmas Elixir can be read anytime - including outside the holiday season. While the setting is Christmastime, the message is about hope and love, and how one person can lift the spirits of many - a perfect message for anytime of the year.
Please understand that I read holiday themed books at all time so the year, whether they coincide with the actual holiday time period, or not. Sometimes it's not so much the holiday that captures my attention, it's the message, theme, or synopsis of the book. Uplifting stories should be read whenever the mood strikes, and not just during the holidays. Princess Sophie and the Christmas Elixir is a beautifully written children's story that shouldn't be stuffed on a shelf 11 months of the year. Sophie needs to be out delivering her message all year long.
I was provided a copy of this book.
My Rating:
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Read a Book Excerpt:
Princess Sophie lived in the tiny kingdom of Melodica with her father King Olav and her mother Queen Bianca. She loved her friends who were the birds and the rabbits and the squirrels who lived in the nearby forest. Princess Sophie especially loved Christmas. In fact, she loved everything about Christmas.
She loved the jingles and jangles. She loved the horns and the hooters. She loved the lights, the wrapping, the singing and clapping. She loved everything about Christmas. What she liked most was that warm, comfy feeling that you got just before Christmas. That something really good was going to happen. That feeling lasted for 12 whole days while Christmas went on in Melodica.
But this year something was just not right. There were still sparkles and sprinkles and lights all around. There was even a giant Christmas tree in the middle of the town square. Yet, Princess Sophie did not have that feeling, that special Christmas feeling. In fact, it felt a bit sad. She asked her mother, her father and her teacher but nobody knew what had happened. Worst of all, no one knew how to fix it.
“Oh, no,” said Princess Sophie to her favourite rabbit friend, Hopper. “We have to do something. We can’t have Christmas without that special Christmas feeling. What can we do?”
Well, Hopper was a great friend, but he couldn’t speak human. So, he started hopping instead. He hopped and hopped and hopped until Princess Sophie got tired of all the hopping and asked him to stop. But the hopping somehow had given her an idea.
“When I am sick, nurse gives me special medicine to help me feel better,” she said. “Maybe we can find a medicine that brings back the Christmas spirit. But where we would find a medicine like that? Princess Sophie asked her mother, her father and the nurse but nobody had ever heard of a medicine like that.
Now Princess Sophie was getting sad herself. “There must be somebody who can help us, but who? Hoppy didn’t have that answer so he hopped and hopped and hopped until Princess Sophie finally told him to stop hopping. “Your hopping has given me another idea,” she said. Christmas is magical, so the Christmas spirit must be magical, too. Who should we talk to about magic?” The rabbit just looked at her.
“A magician, of course,” said Princess Sophie. She asked her father who was the best magician in Melodica.
“Why, it’s Lady Ariana,” said King Olav. “She is absolutely the best.”
– Excerpted from Princess Sophie and the Christmas Elixir by Mike Martin, Mike Martin, 2024. Reprinted with permission.
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About the Author:
Mike Martin was born in St. John’s, NL on the east coast of Canada and now lives and works in Ottawa, Ontario. He is a long-time freelance writer and his articles and essays have appeared in newspapers, magazines and online across Canada as well as in the United States and New Zealand.
He is the award-winning author of the best-selling Sgt. Windflower Mystery series, set in beautiful Grand Bank. There are now 15 books in this light mystery series with the 2024 publication of Too Close for Comfort.
He is also the author of 3 Chldren’s Christmas books. The Christmas Beaver, A Friend for Christmas and now Princess Sophie and the Christmas Elixir.
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