What is The Elf on the Shelf?
{{italic title}} {{Infobox book | name = The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition | image = | image_size = | border = yes | caption = | author = Carol Aebersold<br/>Chanda Bell | title_orig = | translator = | illustrator = Coë Steinwart | cover_artist = | country = | language = English | series = | subject = | genre = [[Picture book]] | publisher = CCA and B Publishing | publisher2 = | pub_date = 2005 | english_pub_date = 2005 | media_type = | pages = | awards = | isbn = 978-0-9769907-9-6 | oclc = | dewey = | congress = | preceded_by = | followed_by = | wikisource = }} '''''The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition''''' is a 2004 children's [[picture book]]. It was [[Writer|written]] by Carol Aebersold and her daughter Chanda Bell.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/11/19/how-does-elf-on-a-shelf-work_n_8593826.html |title=How Does Elf On The Shelf Work? |author=Isabelle Khoo |date=November 19, 2015 |publisher=TheHuffingtonPost.com, Inc |access-date=December 17, 2016}}</ref> The book was [[wikt:illustrate|illustrate]]d by Coë Steinwart. It tells a [[Christmas]]-[[wikt:theme|theme]]d story, written in [[rhyme]]. The story explains how [[Santa Claus]] knows who is naughty and who is nice.<ref name=goodreads>{{cite web |url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2321892.Elf_on_the_Shelf |title=Elf on the Shelf (The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition, Volume 1) |publisher=Goodreads Inc |access-date=December 17, 2016}}</ref> It describes [[Elf|elves]] visiting children between [[Thanksgiving]] and Christmas Eve, after which they return to the [[North Pole]] until the next holiday season.<ref name=goodreads/> == References == {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Elf on the Shelf, The}} [[Category:2004 books]] [[Category:Christmas]]