Jingle: How the Littlest Reindeer Earned Her Bells by MacKenzie Cadenhead and Erin Kraan
Jingle: How the Littlest Reindeer Earned Her Bells by MacKenzie Cadenhead and Erin Kraan
Jingle: How the Littlest Reindeer Earned Her Bells by MacKenzie Cadenhead and Erin Kraan
Jingle: How the Littlest Reindeer Earned Her Bells by MacKenzie Cadenhead and Erin Kraan
Jingle: How the Littlest Reindeer Earned Her Bells by MacKenzie Cadenhead and Erin Kraan

Jingle: How the Littlest Reindeer Earned Her Bells by MacKenzie Cadenhead and Erin Kraan

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Ages: 4–8 years

Celebrate the magic of Christmas as Jingle, the littlest reindeer, sets out to earn her place on Santa’s team in this delightful picture book from Marvel Comics creator MacKenzie Cadenhead and the #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator of Buffalo Fluffalo, Erin Kraan.

In the magical North Pole, little Jingle has one big dream: to earn her magic bells and fly with Santa’s team. But in a world full of strong and mighty reindeer, Jingle stands out for being... well, small. When the annual Reindeer Games put her to the test, Jingle will need more than speed and strength to succeed—she’ll need heart, hope, and a whole lot of ingenuity.

With her loyal pup Holly Jolly by her side, Jingle tackles tinsel-filled tasks and an avalanche of snowy challenges on her way to unwrapping the greatest gift of all: the true meaning of Christmas cheer.

A festive tale that's a sleighful of holiday magic, Jingle reminds readers that sometimes, the best presents come in unexpected packages.

MacKenzie Cadenhead was born and raised in New York City, where she mastered her driver’s ed lessons on the Lower East Side but never quite learned how to ride a bike. She has a BA in English from Haverford College and an MFA in Dramaturgy from Brooklyn College. Favorite past employment includes pizza delivery person, IHOP waitress, production dramaturg, and comic book editor at Marvel Comics (not in that order).

These days she writes children’s books and comics, and reads them to her family, both human and canine. She is the author of comic books (the award-winning Marvel Mutts, Dogpool, Doom Academy), chapter books (the Marvel Super Hero Adventures series, the After-School Heroes series), middle grade (Sally’s Bones), and YA (Sleeper). MacKenzie’s debut picture book, Jingle, comes out October 2026.

Erin Kraan is a children’s book illustrator, woodcutter, and printmaker. Her recent illustrated picture book, Buffalo Fluffalo, authored by Bess Kalb, was an instant Indie Bestseller, a Good Housekeeping 2024 Kids’ Book Award Winner and was most recently named a Barnes & Noble ‘Best Book of 2024’. Something’s Wrong! by Jory John was also an indie bestseller, received the Kirkus Star and was included in Kirkus’s Best Picture Books of 2021 list. Most recently I Am Friendly, authored by Kristen tracy, was named an indigo ‘Top 10 Picture Book of 2024.’

Erin loves the process of carving her characters into wood and seeing how their quirky and whimsical identities come to life through the ink in the prints. You can often find her doodling while drinking milky coffee and wearing cozy socks. Erin lives with her Bernedoodle, Mister, in Vancouver, Canada.

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Erin Kraan

Erin Kraan is a children’s book illustrator, woodcutter, and printmaker. Her recent illustrated picture book, Buffalo Fluffalo, authored by Bess Kalb, was an instant Indie Bestseller, a Good Housekeeping 2024 Kids’ Book Award Winner and was most recently named a Barnes & Noble ‘Best Book of 2024’. Something’s Wrong! by Jory John was also an indie bestseller, received the Kirkus Star and was included in Kirkus’s Best Picture Books of 2021 list. Most recently I Am Friendly, authored by Kristen tracy, was named an indigo ‘Top 10 Picture Book of 2024.’

Erin loves the process of carving her characters into wood and seeing how their quirky and whimsical identities come to life through the ink in the prints. You can often find her doodling while drinking milky coffee and wearing cozy socks. Erin lives with her Bernedoodle, Mister, in Vancouver, Canada.

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