Dasher and the Polar Bear
Hardcover – Picture Book, September 30, 2025
Candlewick Press · Hardcover · September 30, 2025
In this all-new Christmas tale, Dasher the reindeer discovers that the only thing better than making Christmas magic is making a new friend to share it with.
We earn from qualifying purchases.
- Who it’s for
- A Christmas flying lesson becomes a gentle story about friendship, dreams, and sharing a little wonder.
- Themes
- Friendship, Perseverance, Christmas magic
- Genres
- Christmas & Advent, Bear Stories, Friendship
Nearest books
Matched by what the books are about, then ordered by what their readers also loved.
Dasher Can't Wait for ChristmasMatt Tavares90% matchShares Christmas & Advent and Friendship
Elmore and the Big Christmas RescueDev Petty61% matchShares Christmas & Advent
Snow HorsesPatricia MacLachlan60% match
Hap-pea HolidaysKeith Baker60% matchShares Christmas & Advent
Tough CookieEdward Hemingway55% matchShares Christmas & Advent and Friendship
Gather GratefulMegan Litwin57% match
HogbertBriony May Smith55% match
WinterKelsey E. Gross59% match
For older readers: All I Want for Christmas, A Novel Christmas, A Cozy Christmas Blizzard
Start with three books, and this one can be the first.
Members get a new edition every morning: a route out from their books to essays, research and talks, with the reason for each.
Start with this bookAbout this book
In this all-new Christmas tale, Dasher the reindeer discovers that the only thing better than making Christmas magic is making a new friend to share it with. One bright night just before Christmas, Dasher the reindeer is out admiring the stunning colors of the northern lights when she meets George, a sweet polar bear. Astounded to see that Dasher can fly, George confides that he has dreamed of soaring through the sky himself.
Continue reading
Dasher would like nothing more than to bestow some Christmas magic on her new friend, but their flying lesson turns out to be a disappointing failure. Even Dasher, an intrepid reindeer in the habit of giving—not giving up—begins to wonder if anyone can make George’s dream take flight. In this sparkling new Christmas story, Matt Tavares, New York Times best-selling author of Dasher and its sequel, Dasher Can't Wait for Christmas, is back to remind us that sometimes the best gift we can receive is simply to bear witness to wonder—and that not all presents fit inside Santa’s bag.
Christmas Wonder
A Christmas flying lesson becomes a gentle story about friendship, dreams, and sharing a little wonder.
Come here for
- Northern lights, reindeer flight, and a hopeful Christmas mood
- A new friendship between a flying reindeer and a polar bear
Expect
- A warm, accessible picture-book tale
- Magic with room for a dream to take an unexpected shape
Where it sits
| Christmas & Advent | 83% |
|---|---|
| Bear Stories | 58% |
| Friendship | 46% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Christmas & Advent
- Magic & Fantasy
- Friendship
- Authors
- Matt Tavares
- Publisher
- Candlewick Press
- Published
- September 30, 2025
- Format
- Hardcover
- Theme
- Friendship · Perseverance · Christmas magic
- Reading lane
- Christmas & Advent