The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
by L. Frank Baum
L. Frank Baum's The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus chronicles Santa in three sections: his youth in the Burzee forest, manhood and the great battle of good and evil, and old age, his deputies, and the mantle of immortality. Published in 1902, illustrated by Mary Cowles Clark, Baum's book was adapted into a graphic novel, anime series, and most notably, was the last stop-motion animagic Christmas special from Rankin-Bass (1985). As Santa says, "In all this world, there is nothing so beautiful as a happy child!"
YOUTH - 2 - The Child of the Forest
YOUTH - 5 - The Master Woodsman
YOUTH - 6 - Claus Discovers Humanity
YOUTH - 7 - Claus Leaves the Forest
MANHOOD - 1 - The Laughing Valley
MANHOOD - 2 - How Claus Made the First Toy
MANHOOD - 3 - How the Ryls Colored the Toys
MANHOOD - 4 - How Little Mayrie Became Frightened
MANHOOD - 5 - How Bessie Blithesome Came to the Laughing Valley
MANHOOD - 6 - The Wickedness of Awgwas
MANHOOD - 7 - The Great Battle Between Good and Evil
MANHOOD - 8 - The First Journey with the Reindeer
MANHOOD - 11 - How the First Stockings Were Hung by the Chimneys
MANHOOD - 12 - The First Christmas Tree
OLD AGE - 1 - The Mantle of Immortality
OLD AGE - 2 - When the World Grew Old
OLD AGE - 3 - The Deputies of Santa Claus