That a lovely, basic biography of Tolkien.  There wasn’t much to the story, just a general timeline and his hunt for dragons, but it worked.  And the soft watercolor style illustrations were a perfect counter to the historial words.  I really liked how at the end the illustrator explained how and what they choose to illustrate.  

 

This was a simple christmas story.  It started out with “the Night before christmas” but quickly went away from that for a simpler and shorter story.  It was nice and the illustrations are lovely.

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The story is lovely but a bit sad.  It’s also really long. Little Ruthie and her dad pick the perfect tree in the spring and then dad goes to war.  Things are tight.  Ruthie can not have new clothes, or a new doll.  But the family is going to make sure the church is going to get it’s Christmas tree.

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I normally love Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman team up.  I am a big fan of the Bear books, and while this is sweet and nice, I just didn’t care for it.  Mostly because I’m not that religious.  Mortimer the mouse is looking for a new house.  He happens upon the manger where he kicks everyone out, until hearing the christmas where he makes a new home for the baby jesus.  The story is nice. And I am sure lots love this book, I just didn’t.  Sorry.

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I so need to get myself a copy of this book.  Santa kind of destroyed the sleigh last year.  And now the elves need to fix it.  But instead of fix it, what if they designed a new sleigh? And we the reader get treated to all the various sleighs that might take off.  The rhymes work, but sometimes the cadence is off.  But I didn’t mind.  The story was so fun that the tongue twisting just added to the mayhem.

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This darling story is about a mom and a baby rabbit.  A deep and dreadful snow is to fall on christmas day.  Mom makes the baby a wonderful hat to keep warm.  Baby rabbit loves his hat so much that he asks if they can make them for all their friends.  

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This was adorable.  The construction crew is getting one last job done before the holidays.  For all their hard work they are surprised with presents.  And we the reader send them all off with a goodnight.

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This is a really fun addition to the series.  Some of the rhymes are harsh and throw off the cadence, but the story and the great illustrations will see kids reading these books for years to come.

#Wintergames #teamreadnosereindeer +16

 

 

I’m giving this an interesting.  The illustrations are so cute and cuddly I couldn’t help but pick up this book.  Each creature is introduced to the reader in a poem or a limerick.   Many of these have a tough flow.  And it is tough to rhyme space alien words, and the author did a decent job, but still not my favorite Star Wars book for young readers.

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This was just like other books in the series.  It was really fun and so are the illustrations.  I thought the ending was a little abrupt, but other than that, a nice read any time of year.

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