Sunday, December 12, 2004

More Christmas books

Here are more Christmas books for the season. Enjoy your holidays!

Numeroff, Laura Joffe. IF YOU TAKE A MOUSE TO THE MOVIES New York : Laura Geringer, 2000. IL K-3, RL 1.5 ISBN 0060278684
"If you take a mouse to the movies, he'll ask you for some popcorn. When you give him the popcorn, he'll want to string it all together." And so it goes. The little mouse is back making his demands. And we just know that one thing will lead to another. Join the mouse in this Christmas tale.

Palatini, Margie. MOOSELTOE New York : Hyperion Books for Children, 2000 .IL K-3, RL 3.2 ISBN 0786805676
Moose is getting ready for Christmas. And he wants everything perfectly perfect. He makes lists and has everything down that needs to be done. And then he starts doing everything on his list. Check, check, check. Everything is done. Or is it? Has Moose forgotten anything? Will it be a perfectly perfect Christmas in the Moose household?

Tafuri, Nancy. COUNTING TO CHRISTMAS New York : Scholastic, 1998. IL K-3, RL 1.3 ISBN 0590271431
When December comes, we know it is just a few days before Christmas. Do you do anything special on the days leading up to the big day? Do you bake cookies? Or wrap presents? Or write to Santa? This counting book tells the story of a little girl who is counting the days until Christmas.

Walsh, Vivian. OLIVE, THE OTHER REINDEER New York : Chronicle Books, 1997. IL K-3, RL 3.5 ISBN 0811818071
Olive the dog was listening to the radio. It was almost Christmas so there was lots of Christmas music playing. Olive heard on the radio "All of the other reindeer" but she misunderstood and thought they said "Olive the other reindeer". Oh no. Now she is on her way to the North Pole to join Santa and his reindeer. What will happen to Olive?


1 comment:

Raymond Fujimoto said...

Nothing's as mean as giving a little child something useful for Christmas. ~Kin Hubbard