On our 6th day to countdown to Christmas Eve, we opened our book and A Pirate’s Twelve Days of Christmas appeared. On the first day of Christmas, a gift was sent to me: a parrot in a palm tree! Ahoy mateys–Christmas is coming and even pirates celebrate the holiday! This follow-up to the hugely popular A… Read More »

On our 5th day to countdown to Christmas Eve, we opened our book and   Christmas Magic: A Changing Picture Book appeared. This book would be a lot of fun throughout the entire Christmas Season; there are so many fun pictures to check out, stories to read and the best part, you can flip each picture… Read More »

Stable in Bethlehem: A Countdown to Christmas From 12 drowsy doves to 7 soft sheep to 4 shaggy camels, this lovely board-book edition of Stable in Bethlehem celebrates the wonders of Christmas–with a counting concept built right in. Joy N. Hulme and Dan Andreasen, the team behind the Sterling picture book Easter Babies, perfectly capture… Read More »

Sad Santa by Tad Carpenter On our 2nd day to countdown to Christmas Eve, we opened our book and Sad Santa by Tad Carpenter appeared. For Santa, December 26th was a horrible, awful day. It was THE WORST DAY OF THE YEAR. Santa gets the post-holiday blues … When the toys are all made, the presents… Read More »