The Super Students

Santaman is touching down to visit the Super Students, just in time for Christmas. But wait…where is Santaman’s trusty sidekick, Ruby? Is Teacher Stan’s dog piloting the supersleigh? And how did Santaman—and all the presents—get stuck in a tree?

Join the Super Students in this action-packed holiday adventure as they outsmart the Naughty Pet Posse, save Santaman, and rescue Christmas!

Ariane Erickson, along with her husband Todd, is committed to creating children’s books that root for the underdogs, promote kindness and empathy, welcome and affirm all readers, embrace characters that are flawed but lovable, create feelings of satisfaction, security, and belonging, elicit uproarious laughter from children and adults alike, and are worth reading again and again.

When not writing and publishing, Ariane enjoys traveling around Europe on the internet and sneaking in a daily chocolate before her family comes home.

Todd is a Head Teacher at Stanford University's Bing Nursery School, where he opens hearts, challenges minds, and reads loads and loads of picture books to his students. He enjoys tapping into the deep wonder, boundless hope, and endless creativity of young children as both a teacher and a picture book author. He also writes a monthly newsletter, Todd’s Good Books, featuring book recommendations for young children and their families.

In his spare time, Todd enjoys playing basketball, spending time with his family, and trying to figure out how “wallpaper, Uff da!, gnocchi, and Shabba dabba doobee doo” form a group of four in Connections.

Visit Todd and Ariane at norsegaelbooks.com to learn why they think they’d make great candidates for “The Amazing Race” and where to grab a delicious slice of chocolate cake.

With trusty sidekicks Stylus, Photoshop, and Giant-Pile-O-Scrap-Paper at her side, Emilee harnesses the power of comic nerdiness to transform art notes into stories bursting with life and charm.