Unfortunatly, this book is a prime example of telling instead of showing. It is a story we all know and love from the movies of the same name, which makes up for the short fallings of how the book was written. The book is composed of short, percise sentances that don't discribe what the character is feeling or doing. The story itself is good (who doesn't love the timeless story that Miracle on 34th Street is?) but the writing is terrible; which is strange considering this book is written by the screenwriter for the movie.