tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754456360798018533.post3483833983269249371..comments2023-10-18T03:20:28.362-06:00Comments on Bookshop Talk: FAVORITE CHRISTMAS PICTURE BOOKSAmy Finnegan {BookshopTalk.com}http://www.blogger.com/profile/10467356529486477863noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754456360798018533.post-18866521776671683022011-12-13T18:22:06.908-07:002011-12-13T18:22:06.908-07:00I just took out a really interesting Christmas boo...I just took out a really interesting Christmas book called The Third Gift by Linda Sue Park. It tells the story of a young boy who harvests the myrrh the wise men give to the Christ child. The illustrations are incomparably gorgeous - my daughter wondered if they were photographs.Rosebriarshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00492170931139535736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754456360798018533.post-14280063684941195622011-12-12T12:00:58.370-07:002011-12-12T12:00:58.370-07:00Baby Christmas by Michael Lawrence quickly became ...Baby Christmas by Michael Lawrence quickly became a holiday classic for me and my kids. It's the adorable story of baby Christmas, son of Father and Mother Christmas who goes on a Christmas Eve ride of his own. It also uses the phrase, "A frizzle, a frazzle, a frumpety-froo" which has become a year round favorite phrase for us.Sarah P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16442552332428129520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754456360798018533.post-16555379237752221362011-12-11T09:13:55.542-07:002011-12-11T09:13:55.542-07:00Kim, I haven't found a good NIGHT BEFORE CHRIS...Kim, I haven't found a good NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS yet, either. We had a reasonable version that the dog ate, and then the replacement version has cute illustrations but is irritatingly lacking in the copy editing department.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754456360798018533.post-15969170719700816902011-12-10T22:50:10.407-07:002011-12-10T22:50:10.407-07:00Thanks for these great recommendations, Laura! OL...Thanks for these great recommendations, Laura! OLIVE, THE OTHER REINDEER, is a favorite at my house, too. SNOWMEN AT CHRISTMAS has the most amazing illustrations! The pages really do seem to glow with that special wintry light!<br /><br />I also love RED RANGER CAME CALLING, by Berkeley Breathed, and THE CHRISTMAS MIRACLE OF JONATHAN TOOMEY, by Susan Wojciechowski (illustrations by P.J. Lynch--probably my favorite illustrator. I have a version of A CHRISTMAS CAROL which he illustrated, and it's a prized possession.). And no Christmas is complete (in my home) without Clement C. Moore's TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS. But I have yet to find a pretty book version. Anyone have a recommendation?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754456360798018533.post-44699136682253907062011-12-10T21:53:32.758-07:002011-12-10T21:53:32.758-07:00This is one of my favorites. Totally funny to read...This is one of my favorites. Totally funny to read aloud.<br />http://www.amazon.com/Murray-Saved-Christmas-Mike-Reiss/dp/014250145X/ref=tmm_pap_title_0Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03671929526461030636noreply@blogger.com