Books in the Claus series in order

"Claus som cowboy" fortæller om livet på en stor kvægfarm, som det opleves af en dansk dreng, der får lov at arbejde som cowboylærling hos sin onkel i Arizona. Vi følger Claus fra det øjeblik, han begynder som grønskolling blandt de erfarne kvæghyrder, indtil han har vundet deres respekt ved sin færdighed som rytter og lassokaster.Men Claus oplever meget andet end det daglige liv på farmen. Sammen med en ung mexicansk apacheindianer, en ung cowboy fra Texas og hans søster kommer Claus ud for en række spændende eventyr i Arizonas vilde bjerge og i en gammel, forladt indianerby.Bøgerne "Claus som cowboy" og "Claus i Texas" følger en dansk dreng, der arbejder som cowboy i USA.Peter Jerndorff-Jessen (1900-1993) var forfatter, journalist og oversætter. Han voksede op i et borgerligt hjem på Frederiksberg, men rejste efter studentereksamen til Argentina, hvor han opholdt sig i første halvdel af 1920‘erne. Derefter vendte han hjem til Danmark for at studere engelsk og idræt. Jerndorff-Jessen begyndte at skrive ungdomsjournalistisk i slutningen af 1920‘erne og udgav sine første romaner på Drengebladets Forlag i begyndelsen af 1930‘erne. Han skrev primært bøger med raske, eventyrlystne drenge i hovedrollen, men sent i livet udgav han også en biografi om den franske digter Cyrano de Bergerac, som han havde arbejdet på gennem mange år.

I "Claus som cowboy" mødte vi den danske Claus Berg, der oplevede en masse spændende ting på sin onkels store kvægranch i Arizona. Claus er nu blevet cowboy på en ranch i Texas, i grænselandet ved Mexico.Her lærer Claus brændemærkningens vanskelige kunst, han deltager i et væddeløb i et rodeo, og han får sin lyst til at besøge Mexico tilfredsstillet på en lidt for nervepirrende måde, da han ved et tilfælde kommer til at deltage i jagten på en bande kvægtyve.Bøgerne "Claus som cowboy" og "Claus i Texas" følger en dansk dreng, der arbejder som cowboy i USA.Peter Jerndorff-Jessen (1900-1993) var forfatter, journalist og oversætter. Han voksede op i et borgerligt hjem på Frederiksberg, men rejste efter studentereksamen til Argentina, hvor han opholdt sig i første halvdel af 1920‘erne. Derefter vendte han hjem til Danmark for at studere engelsk og idræt. Jerndorff-Jessen begyndte at skrive ungdomsjournalistisk i slutningen af 1920‘erne og udgav sine første romaner på Drengebladets Forlag i begyndelsen af 1930‘erne. Han skrev primært bøger med raske, eventyrlystne drenge i hovedrollen, men sent i livet udgav han også en biografi om den franske digter Cyrano de Bergerac, som han havde arbejdet på gennem mange år.

Sura is sixteen years old when she meets Mr. Frost.He's a strange man. Very short, very fat. And he likes his room cold. Some say inhumanly cold.Mr. Frost's love for Christmas is over-the-top and slightly psychotic. He's made billions of dollars off the holiday and, according to Mr. Frost, a holiday he invented. Rumor is he's an elven, but that's silly. Elven aren't real. And if they were, they wouldn't be in South Carolina.Sura takes a job at Frost Plantation that's strange and magical and, for the first time in her life, a place where she feels like she belongs. She'll uncover the mystery of what really happens at Frost Plantation and who's making all the toys. She'll discover the biggest secret of all-Mr. Frost hates Christmas.Really, really hates it.

In the early 1800s, Nicholas, Jessica, and Jon Santa attempt the first human trek to the North Pole and stumble upon an ancient race of people left over from the Ice Age. They are short, fat, and hairy. They slide across the ice on scaly soles and carve their homes in the ice that floats on the Arctic Ocean. The elven are adapted to life in the extreme cold. They are as wise as they are ancient.Their scientific advancements have yielded great inventions - time-stopping devices and gravitational spheres that build living snowmen and genetically-modified reindeer that leap great distances. They've even unlocked the secrets to aging. For 40,000 years, they have lived in peace.Until now.An elven known as The Cold One has divided his people. He's tired of their seclusion and wants to conquer the world. Only one elven stands between The Cold One and total chaos. He's white-bearded and red-coated. The Santa family will help him stop The Cold One. They will come to the aid of a legendary elven known as...Claus.

Life hasn't been kind to Oliver Toye.As if juvenile diabetes isn't enough, he's forced to live with his tyrannical grandmother in a snow-bound house. He spends his days doing chores and the nights listening to the forest rumble.But when he discovers the first leather-bound journal, the family secrets begin to surface. The mystery of his great-grandfather's voyage to the North Pole is revealed. That's when the snowman appears.Magical and mysterious, the snowman will save Oliver more than once. But when the time comes for Oliver to discover the truth, will he have the courage? When Flury needs him, will he have the strength? When believing isn't enough, will he save the snowman from melting away?Because sometimes even magic needs a little help.

Jacob Marley is dead. His business partner, Eb Scrooge, is left to run Avocado, Inc., an innovative technology business, all alone. An introverted shut-in locked away in a Colorado mansion, he changes the company's mission statement. Only his servant droids keep him company.Until the gifts arrive.Each Christmas, a messenger forces Eb to look at his life in hopes he will change. But change does not happen in a single night. And only Eb can make it happen.But who is sending the messengers?

Christmas is hot.When Kandi's dad gets a mysterious call, they fly to a tropical island where the buildings are enormous and the rooms empty. Despite the heat, his sunburned client wears a heavy cloak.Kandi meets a boy living all alone in one of the empty resorts. When he goes missing, she enlists the help of the technological wonders that haunt the island to find him. What she uncovers is a much deeper mystery that will affect more than just Christmas. The world doesn't know it yet, but Santa Claus is missing. Kandi knows where he is.And why.

This is Ryder's last stop.It's a half million acre ranch and home to forty teenagers. It's also home to a famous and eccentric philanthropist with a peculiar obsession with the North Pole. His name is Billy "Big Game" Sinterklaas. But shortly after Ryder arrives, secret messages begin leading him to what's really happening. Billy Big Game believes that Santa Claus is real.This is the year he proves it.He says there's one Christmas story no one has ever heard, the legend of the biggest and baddest reindeer of them all, the one who leads the sleigh and protects the herd. But Billy Big Game doesn't want to discover the last reindeer. He wants to capture him.That's why he brought Ryder to the ranch.