Jeremy Creek has enough toys for four hundred and forty-two boys --- and wants more. JEREMY CREEK'S CHRISTMAS is the story of this selfish kid's plan to grab everything king-sized and teeny from Santa's next sleigh-run. This Christmas tale is a fun-filled, rhyming, read-aloud. The story is told in special short lines, helping anyone to read like a pro. This makes JEREMY CREEK'S CHRISTMAS an ideal centerpiece for Christmas get-togethers. The story is a hoot to read --- and listen to --- and was written for an adult to enjoy as much as any second-grader. If the story sounds familiar, perhaps you read it years ago in a Sunday newspaper Magazine section. The story burst upon the scene in sixteen major cities across America, and became a sort of classic. Millions read the story, and many saved their copies to be read on future Christmas Eves. In this way, JEREMY CREEK'S CHRISTMAS became a phenomenon, and for some, a tradition. Many love its word-music and tongue-twisting alliteration. The author believes rhyming helps memorization, and memorization boosts reading skills for both young and old. No surprise that JEREMY CREEK'S CHRISTMAS has been staged by schools and churches as a play with costumes and scenery. And has been performed at club Christmas parties by adults --- for adults. The story even caught the attention of Primetime Television, and became the basis for Hanna-Barbera's beautifully rendered, "The Town Santa Forgot," (Warner Bros) which was nominated for an Emmy. Now that JEREMY CREEK'S CHRISTMAS is a book, Charmaine Severson's illustrations add edgy whimsy to her original vision, and like her written work, pull the reader in. Charmaine Severson is also the author and illustrator of The I Hate to Camp Book (Tobey/Dell Books) a humorous manual. and, co-authored and illustrated, Two Wheel Travel (Tobey/Dell Books) the research of which changed some aspects of bicycles as we now know them. She has also written many humorous and historic articles for major newspapers on a wide range of subjects --- from a light look at the much maligned night owl to the grim realities of World War II. Charmaine Severson is also the author of nearly a dozen other rhyming Christmas stories, also initially published in newpaper Magazine sections, and plans to prepare them for book publication. Jeremy Creek's Christmas is the first.