Dora's Christmas Carol is the 37th book in the Dora the Explorer book series.
Description[]
It's Christmas Eve, and Swiper is on Santa's naughty list for trying to swipe the Christmas tree star! Dora wants to help, so she takes Swiper on a time-travel adventure to Christmas past, present and future where he learns about the true spirit of Christmas!
Characters present in book[]
- Dora (Present, Toddler, Older)
- Boots (Present, Baby, Toddler, Older)
- Swiper (Present, Baby, Toddler, Older)
- Benny (Present, Baby, Toddler, Older)
- Isa (Present, Baby, Toddler, Older)
- Tico (Present, Baby, Toddler, Older)
- Map
- Grumpy Old Troll
- Santa Claus
Trivia[]
- It is based on the special with the same name.
- The Greedy King from Dora Saves the Crystal Kingdom can be seen on the naughty list.
- There are several notable differences between the book and actual episode:
- The framing device where Santa recalls the episode as a flashback has been withdrawn from the book.
- The present and past scenes are at sunset except for the future which is at night; in the book, the entire episode is set at night.
- In the book, Santa uses his magic Christmas sparkles to stop Swiper from swiping the Christmas tree star; in the episode, Swiper almost swiped the Christmas tree star and Santa saves the Christmas tree from falling and crashing into the food and presents.
- The magic card Santa gives Swiper to track his progress has been withdrawn from the book.
- In the episode, Dora and Swiper had to solve three riddles with the Grumpy Old Troll to get the time travel capes; in the book, this was cut down to one.
- The scene where Dora and Swiper do a silly dance to stop the baby selves of their friends from crying has been withdrawn from the book.