Hello, hello!
This week is National Book Award Week which focuses on "...future authors, books, and literature in general". It's a time when awards are handed out, the current landscape of the reading world is gazed upon, and what the coming years hold is pondered. This week, I want to focus on not award winners, though bookmarks up to them, but on books in general...the joy they bring, the adventures they hold, and the moments they create.
Today, we're getting our holly jolly spirit on with a title from Random House Children's Books. It gives us a look at a grand adventure to make Christmas FOREVER! (Can you IMAGINE?!) SO, if you're ready, let's get between the epages ...
by
Elysa Dutton
Illustrated by
Manu Montoya
9780593430996
Holiday decorations. They each have their own time and place for display, and then they go back into storage until the next year rolls around. It's dark, and musty, and certainly not filled with sparkling holiday delights...but what if they didn't have to go to this place? What if...it could be CHRISTMAS FOREVER?!
Sounds perfect, right? In theory, yes, but too much of anything is indeed still too much, but I digress; that's not the point of this tale. This lovely storybook isn't setting out to make a case for one holiday at a time, but rather to remind us that what makes the holidays special isn't our location, or the chance that those times may never end. What makes the holidays the holidays, the special moments those special moments, is the family and friends that surround. It's the company we keep, the loved ones we draw close, the friends we hold dear...that's what truly gives the holidays that extra sparkle and shine...something the ornament friends come to realize when one of their own looks like their be left behind!
Readers will love teaming up with these ornament friends to put their plan into action. You'll plot with them to make their dreams come true. You'll give pause when you see there's a furry friend that might cause some mischief. You'll laugh when an unexpected rescue takes place, and that four-legged little mischief maker gets a little taste of the mayhem they always seem to be causing! The illustrations really play well with the story to bring it all to life, and the color palette keeps your attention without overpowering the tale. A great addition to any family holiday reading time!
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Special thanks to Alessandra at Random House Children's Books for the ecopy for review. (THANKS!) For more information on this title, the author, or the illustrator, feel free to click through the links provided above. This story is available now, wherever books are sold.
Until next time, remember...if it looks good, READ IT!
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