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Reviewed by Melanie Kennedy for Readers' Favorite
Christmas Land is a wonderful children’s adventure story written by Amber Bernardi-Kim and co-authored with her daughter, Davina. Christmas Land follows Davina as she wakes up one morning in a peculiar world with the smell of peppermint sticks in the air. Davina is sure she is dreaming, but it turns out she is in the magical Christmas Land – an extraordinary world filled with chocolate snow, cupcake parties, and talking teddy bears. But it seems the Evil Knight has invaded Christmas Land and is trapping everyone in place. Can Davina harness the wisdom her mother has taught her and use some tricks up her sleeve to bring back the queen that was exiled six years ago? Only if Davina can team up with the citizens of Christmas Land to defeat the Evil Knight and restore peace to the Kingdom.
Christmas Land is a very sweet Christmas-themed children’s picture book. Inspired by a story Davina wanted to tell her mom at age five, Amber Bernardi-Kim has written a delightful story of good triumphing over evil. I like how Amber avoided any violence (even if it was just with pea shooters), as Davina uses smarter tactics to deal with the problems before her. It’s a good lesson for any child to learn. Amber adds real-life wisdom and anecdotes to help Davina on her quest to defeat the Evil Knight. The illustrations by Eleonora Cali are colorful and dreamy and complement the story greatly. Christmas Land is a well-thought-out and picturesque world and I can see Davina having many more adventures there in the future.
