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Tis the Season: A Lift-the-Flap Advent Calendar Full of Christmas Poems
13 pages, Board Book
Published September 3, 2024
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Richard Jones
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November 14, 2024
This advent calendar book has a lift-the-flap surprise illustration for each day until Christmas as well as a poem to read each day. The poems are lovely selections from poets like Thomas Hardy, Christina Rossetti, Ogden Nash, and James Pierpont, as well as several that are the lyrics to traditional Christmas songs like Deck the Halls and Here We Come A-Wassailing.
The book folds out into a long display with illustrations of nature and animals on the back. The artwork is absolutely beautiful! I love the soft colors and cozy winter designs.
The lift-the-flap illustrations are so cute! If the poem mentions ducks, then there will be a duck hiding behind the flap. If the poem mentions a cat or a robin, there will be a cat or robin hiding behind the flap. But sometimes, it is nothing to do with the poem for that day. It's just a little surprise that adds to the beauty of the artwork.
This makes a truly special gift to share with your family each day during the Christmas season. I think books like this can foster a love of poetry in children and create quiet cozy moments for the family to enjoy together.
Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for a free and honest review. All the opinions stated here are my own true thoughts, and are not influenced by anyone.
The book folds out into a long display with illustrations of nature and animals on the back. The artwork is absolutely beautiful! I love the soft colors and cozy winter designs.
The lift-the-flap illustrations are so cute! If the poem mentions ducks, then there will be a duck hiding behind the flap. If the poem mentions a cat or a robin, there will be a cat or robin hiding behind the flap. But sometimes, it is nothing to do with the poem for that day. It's just a little surprise that adds to the beauty of the artwork.
This makes a truly special gift to share with your family each day during the Christmas season. I think books like this can foster a love of poetry in children and create quiet cozy moments for the family to enjoy together.
Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for a free and honest review. All the opinions stated here are my own true thoughts, and are not influenced by anyone.
September 2, 2024
Copy provided by Young Adult Books Central
This is a unique collection of poems , since it is also a lift-the-flap Advent calendar. Each page has two beautifully illustrated poems, each accompanied by a numbered flap. Sometimes these flaps are harder to find, disguised in trees or rushes, and sometimes they are logs or rocks. Most of the flaps open to reveal animals, given that many of the pages are outdoor scenes, but some uncover people or cars. The last flap, for Christmas Eve, has a large Christmas tree. The end of the book also revealed the reason for the ribbon that ties the book together; all of the pages fold out, and on the back there are larger versions of all of the items hidden by the flaps! I suppose if one had a very long mantle or a cabinet, this books could be unfolded and displayed for the Advent season.
The illustrations have a soft, chalk pastel feel to them that seems very modern and fresh. This might be in part due to the lavish use of a pale teal instead of an icy blue shade that older Christmas titles tend to employ. The people in the book a nicely diverse, although there are many more animals than people.
The selection of poems is generally good, and highlights include Russell Hoban's (Bedtime for Frances) Winter Ducks, Ogden Nash's Winter Morning, and J. Patrick Lewis' The Red Fox. There is a good sprinkling of traditional holiday verses like Jingle Bells as well. I wish there had been some more modern inclusions, although I know getting permission for those might be harder. Some of the poems will take some explaining, due to some unusual vocabulary. I did enjoy the fact that there were poems from a variety of cultures, and that permission was sought for the usage.
This is certainly an unusual book that could become an advent staple, so I would recommend opening all of the flaps before small fingers attempt them! It's a good idea to branch out from the omnipresent A Child's Garden of Verses by Stevenson when offering poetry to young readers, so Tis the Season is an interesting, holiday themed choice to have, along with Kooser, Wanek, and Jones' Marshmallow Clouds, Yolen's In and Out the Window, and Janeczko and Sweet's Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems.
This is a unique collection of poems , since it is also a lift-the-flap Advent calendar. Each page has two beautifully illustrated poems, each accompanied by a numbered flap. Sometimes these flaps are harder to find, disguised in trees or rushes, and sometimes they are logs or rocks. Most of the flaps open to reveal animals, given that many of the pages are outdoor scenes, but some uncover people or cars. The last flap, for Christmas Eve, has a large Christmas tree. The end of the book also revealed the reason for the ribbon that ties the book together; all of the pages fold out, and on the back there are larger versions of all of the items hidden by the flaps! I suppose if one had a very long mantle or a cabinet, this books could be unfolded and displayed for the Advent season.
The illustrations have a soft, chalk pastel feel to them that seems very modern and fresh. This might be in part due to the lavish use of a pale teal instead of an icy blue shade that older Christmas titles tend to employ. The people in the book a nicely diverse, although there are many more animals than people.
The selection of poems is generally good, and highlights include Russell Hoban's (Bedtime for Frances) Winter Ducks, Ogden Nash's Winter Morning, and J. Patrick Lewis' The Red Fox. There is a good sprinkling of traditional holiday verses like Jingle Bells as well. I wish there had been some more modern inclusions, although I know getting permission for those might be harder. Some of the poems will take some explaining, due to some unusual vocabulary. I did enjoy the fact that there were poems from a variety of cultures, and that permission was sought for the usage.
This is certainly an unusual book that could become an advent staple, so I would recommend opening all of the flaps before small fingers attempt them! It's a good idea to branch out from the omnipresent A Child's Garden of Verses by Stevenson when offering poetry to young readers, so Tis the Season is an interesting, holiday themed choice to have, along with Kooser, Wanek, and Jones' Marshmallow Clouds, Yolen's In and Out the Window, and Janeczko and Sweet's Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems.
January 2, 2025
Wonderful selection of poems and images to love, with magical flaps set in each scene
December 24, 2024
This is a beautiful poem advent book. I am 54 and I love it. I read it each morning and send a video to my sister and sister in law and they love it too. Good for all ages, not just children
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