Today’s book is Christmas Cookies by Amy Krouse Rosenthal. Though not a traditional Christmas book, this book fits in the season by explaining abstract terms and vocabulary often used during the holidays. Summary: Who knew that baking cookies could lead to explaining abstract holiday vocabulary? Ms. Rosenthal uses the theme of baking to define words […]
Christmas in the Manger
I just think the illustrations in Christmas in the Manger (afflink)are too cute! This sturdy and cute board book is perfect for babies through preschool and was our book of the day. Summary: The simple, rhyming text and cute illustrations are a perfect way to share the Christmas story with very young children. First the […]
Humphrey’s First Christmas
I fell in love with Humphrey as soon as I saw his face on the cover of Humphrey’s First Christmas by Carol Heyer. Something about his smile and eyes just drew me in. When I finally read the book, I was so glad I picked up this book for our Christmas book reading. This story […]
Song of the Stars Christmas Book
The first book starting off our Christmas book reading is Song of the Stars by Sally Lloyd-Jones. I purposely picked this book to be our first book of the season, which we will read on Dec. 1st. Summary: All of creation is filled with anticipation of the coming newborn king. The woodland creatures stirred, the […]
Christmas Book Book
Yesterday I mentioned how I worked on a new Christmas book system for my family to use this year. I liked the surprise element of wrapping books, but I don’t like to wrap. I also have a hard time doing a specific activity for 25 days straight. Some days we like to read through 3 […]
