Santa Claws

by Bridget Heos, Galia Bernstein (illustrator)

While kids scrawl notes to Santa Claus, hatchlings write to Santa Claws. They ask for treats to fuel their romping. Santa better get to stomping!

With bouncy, delightful rhymes, Santa Claws celebrates Christmas in the Cretaceous world. Every year, Santa Claws delivers presents, spreading cheer wherever he goes. Every dino in the land gets into the Christmas Boneheads make toys, Gallimimus trims the Christmas tree, and Tiny T-Rex makes sure Santa doesn't go hungry.

Get ready for a ride on Santa's sled (pulled, of course, by pterosaurs) in this joyful holiday tale!

Genres: Picture Books, Christmas, Dinosaurs, Holiday

40 pages, Hardcover

Published September 2, 2025

Reviews

[Roben · Rating 4 out of 5]

So how was Christmas celebrated in the Cretaceous period? It wasn't, of course. But humor the dino lovers as they spin the tale of Santa Claws! I must admit there is something tremendously appealing about a sleigh pulled by Pterosaurs with our T-Rex Santa at the helm.

The rhyming is a little rough in places but if you have a dinosaur lover in your midst, this is a must! And the author provides a nice glossary at the end that explains the dinos and other critters in the book. Like ammonites! Not a lot of picture books include ammonites.

[Peacegal · Rating 4 out of 5]

The rhymes are a bit wonky, but the illustrations are fantastic and more than make up for it. Lots of dinosaur humor and multi-syllable dino names of the sort so many kids adore. This one is a lot of fun!

[Liz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Super cute! I highly recommend this as a holiday read if you or your little love dinosaurs! I enjoyed that they covered some dino favorites (among kiddos), along with a few lesser known dino friends. I would definitely read this again. ;)

[Tam I · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read an ARC

TRex Santa?!? Can’t ask for much more!

[Leah · Rating 3 out of 5]

The pieces of meteor instead of coal made me LOL!

[Alyssa Gudenburr · Rating 4 out of 5]

A funny book about if Santa Clause was a T-Rex. A good read.

[Meghan Bohn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I always appreciate humorous and scientifically accurate(ish) picture books. :D

[M · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rhyming story about Santa Claws. A little odd, but the kids will probably love it!

[Polly Crandall · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hilarious! The illustrations are so good! The meter is pretty good too!

[Amber · Rating 2 out of 5]

Rhyming text--a lot of it very forced

[Claire Q · Rating 5 out of 5]

M. loved this, even though we got it after Christmas. Giggled away while I was reading to him!

[Stefanie · Rating 4 out of 5]

The dinosaur set will find this take on Santa Claws delightful. Nice rhymes for the Cretaceous period. Dino back matter shares some basic info for additional discussion.

[Y.Poston]

a delightfully dino celebration of Christmas!