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In Olha Smulska’s Dominika: Christmas on Planet Earth, Dominika is a gifted space traveller from Mika, a peaceful planet whose people journey among the stars. When disaster destroys her home, she follows the destination her parents once dreamed of visiting and reaches Earth alone. Her arrival above Lapland collides with Santa’s sleigh, sending her spacecraft into the snow near his hidden village. There she meets Santa, whose reindeer and elves, Andy and Bon, welcome the unfamiliar visitor into their Christmas world. As Dominika learns about snow and the children Santa visits each year, she begins imagining a future beyond the life she has lost. Her first Christmas on Earth brings friendship and discovery, yet Dominika still has to decide where she belongs and what mission this unknown planet may offer her.
Olha Smulska’s Dominika: Christmas on Planet Earth has a gentle sense of humor that comes directly from its characters. Bon tests Dominika’s spacecraft with his tongue because he hopes it might be a giant lollipop, establishing his appetite as a recurring joke. Days, one of Santa’s reindeer, hides behind Santa after mistaking Dominika for a dangerous alien, even though his hindquarters remain visible. Smulska continues that humor during the Christmas Eve journey when Andy secretly climbs aboard Santa’s sleigh after being told to remain at the toy factory. His eagerness to join the flight makes him a funny companion for Dominika and brings the playful spirit of Lapland into the wider Christmas adventure. Sweet and imaginative with a wonderful ending, young readers who love Christmas fantasy will adore this.
