Santa Claus is going to town Marrying the magic of Scanimation with the universally beloved figure of Santa Claus, "Santa " is a holiday book unlike any other.It presents a Santa that readers have never seen before acrobatic, playful, a little mischievous, filled with joyful energy. Here s Santa hula-hooping. Santa juggling. Santa doing cartwheels and Santa on a unicycle. Children, as they did with "Gallop ," will want to imitate Santa s irresistibly happy motions. The grown-ups will be unable to stop smiling it s hard to imagine a cooler character than this jolly St. Nick as he runs, spins, gyrates, backflips, and blows big bubbles.Scanimation is the technology behind the instant "New York Times" best-selling series that started with "Gallop ," to most recently "The Wizard of Oz." Author and inventor Rufus Butler Seder continues to refine the Scanimations, with ever more smooth-flowing and detailed moving images perfectly applied, in this case, to the irresistible figure of Santa Claus."

Author Biography

Rufus Butler Seder is an optical genius whose first significant invention was Lifetiles, glass-walled murals that appear to come to life when the viewer walks by. He's installed them at the Smithsonian, SeaWorld, Union Station, and other museums, aquariums, train stations, and ocean liners around the world. Next came Scanimation, and his company EyeThink, Inc., a business that produces a line of toys and gifts using technologies he's invented. Mr. Seder lives in Boston, Massachusetts.