We have a cache of holiday books that come out every Christmas, but one in particular is worth a mention: Harvey Slumfenburger’s Christmas Present by John Burningham (Candlewick Press). The story begins as Santa Claus arrives home after a long night’s work on Christmas Eve. After tucking the reindeer into bed and slipping into his pajamas, an exhausted Santa discovers that there’s one present in his sack that somehow didn’t get delivered. It’s for Harvey Slumfenburger, and “Harvey Slumfenburger only ever got one present, and that was the present that Santa Claus brought him”. The remainder of the book chronicles Santa’s heroic efforts to get that all-important gift to its intended recipient. Still wearing his pajama bottoms, he uses every method of transportation imaginable to reach Harvey’s house on top of Roly Poly Mountain.  This is a book about Christmas, but it’s also a book about going to great lengths to do the right thing.