Elf on the Shelf Authors at Greenstreet Gardens Monday for Book Signing

The authors of the best-selling children's Christmas book, "Elf on the Shelf," are at Greenstreet Gardens in Lothian on Monday for a meet-and-greet and book signing.

The Elf on the Shelf book, which has sold over 1.5 million copies since 2005, was co-authored by the mother-daughter team of Carol Aebersold and Chanda A Bell. The book is sold with a keepsake box and an illustrated watercolor board book, illustrated by Coë Steinwart. The book is available for sale at Greenstreet Gardens.

The book tells the story of the scout elves sent by Santa with a mission to keep watch over children during the holiday season. When an elf is adopted by a family and given a name, it receives its Christmas magic. The magic is critical, granting the elf the power to observe all the family fun each day during the holiday season and then fly back to Santa’s workshop with a report each night.

When children awake, they race to see where their elf has decided to sit for the day ahead – creating a hide-and-seek game throughout the holiday season for the whole family to enjoy.

Inspired by their family’s own pixie elf, Fisbee, who appeared each holiday season, Aebersold and Bell decided to share their family tradition with others in 2005. They joined forces with Christa Pitts, Bell’s twin sister, and the three women started their own publishing company, CCA and B, from scratch. What began with 5,000 copies and 18 retail partners in 2005 is now well over 10,000, according to a release from Greenstreet Gardens.

Meet the authors Monday evening at the Lothian retailer.

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Greenstreet Gardens, 391 West Bay Front Road, Lothian, MD. 4 to 6 p.m. Monday Nov. 14.