IT'S CHRISTMAS

by Jack Prelutsky ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 14, 1981

Like It's Halloween (1977), this collection of rhymes is tame Prelutsky, touching the usual bases (Santa Claus, carols, school play) in a conventionally sprightly manner. Still, there's enough snap to keep the rhymes rolling. Prelutsky squeezes much fun from holiday rituals gone awry: Dad suffers so many minor injuries chopping down a Christmas tree that he vows to buy one next year; a little girl wonders if she forgot to stamp the unreceived Christmas cards she sent out two weeks ago; and another girl rushes out with her new sled to find that the snow has melted overnight. Often you know just what's coming, but Prelutsky keeps bounding merrily along without switching to automatic, and Hafner picks up and extends the jokes with her characteristic easy-going zest.

Pub Date: Sept. 14, 1981

ISBN: 0688143938

Page Count: -

Publisher: Greenwillow

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Sept. 1, 1981

Categories: CHILDREN'S