CHILDREN'S
Released: Sept. 4, 2012
"Well-meant, but not memorable aside from the smoke-free environment. (Picture book. 3-6)"
News flash: Santa quits smoking! This version of the famous Christmas poem has one unique feature: The references to Santa's pipe and the smoke that "encircled his head like a wreath" have been edited out of the text.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Sept. 1, 2012
"What child wouldn't love to grab all the presents and lick all the candy canes one by one? Those naughty dinosaurs have the most fun, and their fans will be waiting to see what they get up to next. (Picture book. 3-7)"
Yolen and Teague extend their dinosaur franchise with this rollicking romp of rampaging dinosaurs up to their terrible tricks throughout the Christmas season.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Sept. 1, 2012
"A lyrical, unusual viewpoint for the Nativity story, seamlessly matched with gorgeous illustrations that are unlike other interpretations of the Christ Child's birth. (Picture book/religion. 5 & up)"
Hopkins, the noted poet and anthologizer of children's poetry, offers an original free-verse poem, a Christmas Eve musing about her newborn son in Mary's first-person voice.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Sept. 1, 2012
"Just a bit of applause for this one. (Picture book. 3-6)"
A slight story about Mrs. Claus and her efforts to fill in for Santa when he gets sick on Christmas Eve.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Sept. 1, 2012
"Even Scrooge himself couldn't resist this cheerful Christmas cherub. (Board book. 1-4)"
A cute, diaper-clad baby celebrates his first Christmas with Mommy and Daddy in this latest addition to Patricelli's growing list of distinctively different board books.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Sept. 1, 2012
"Sweet and cheerful, but successful neither as a book nor as an Advent calendar. (Picture book. 3-6)"
A simple eight-page story with heavy, cardboard pages describes friendly forest animals working together to prepare a Christmas Eve feast for a mystery guest, with an Advent-calendar feature on the final pages.
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