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Summary: Christmas Treasure Trove
Review: I love all of Lena Tabori's "Little Big Books", especially the Valentines and Halloween ones, but this Christmas one is my favorite of all. This book is a "must have" for reading to children during the Yuletide season and is a wonderful (and necessary) indulgence for oneself as well. The illustrations have been gleaned from the charming Victorian art of a bygone day and archive the simple, cozy Christmas traditions for us to recover with the turn of a page. 11 Poems, 13 carols with music, 21 stories, 14 recipes, and over 200 illustrations including 55 full color 19th century images make up this delightful volume. You will see the writing of Robert Frost, Louisa May Alcott, Kenneth Grahame, O. Henry, Ogden Nash, William Shakespeare and many others. Read stories from the Bible and also from the pen of beloved First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.
I think this book would be worth having for the holiday recipes alone. I have tried several and I found each one that I tried delicious. There are blueprints for a gingerbread house and perfect Snow Icing directions. Don't miss the Vermont Whiskey Cake or Napa Valley Apple Cranberry Crisp.
Open up this treasure trove after all the Thanksgiving dishes are done and take a treasure or two out each day. I think you'll enjoy the whole season that much more as a result!
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Summary: Christmas Treasure Trove
Review: I love all of Lena Tabori's "Little Big Books", especially the Valentines and Halloween ones, but this Christmas one is my favorite of all. This book is a "must have" for reading to children during the Yuletide season and is a wonderful (and necessary) indulgence for oneself as well. The illustrations have been gleaned from the charming Victorian art of a bygone day and archive the simple, cozy Christmas traditions for us to recover with the turn of a page. 11 Poems, 13 carols with music, 21 stories, 14 recipes, and over 200 illustrations including 55 full color 19th century images make up this delightful volume. You will see the writing of Robert Frost, Louisa May Alcott, Kenneth Grahame, O. Henry, Ogden Nash, William Shakespeare and many others. Read stories from the Bible and also from the pen of beloved First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.
I think this book would be worth having for the holiday recipes alone. I have tried several and I found each one that I tried delicious. There are blueprints for a gingerbread house and perfect Snow Icing directions. Don't miss the Vermont Whiskey Cake or Napa Valley Apple Cranberry Crisp.
Open up this treasure trove after all the Thanksgiving dishes are done and take a treasure or two out each day. I think you'll enjoy the whole season that much more as a result!
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Summary: Perfect Christmas present - and order an extra for yourself
Review: Nostalgic, fun Christmas presents come no better. The assortment of stories, music, and pictures contained in this book cover a huge scope. It is just the sort of book to snuggle with as one nurses a toddy and enjoys the scent of pine.
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Summary: a little something about the recipes
Review: This book grew out of my love for family and for the traditions that grow out of family and christmas. My swedish nanny baked with me when I was a child and I bake with my children. My mother made glogg and built the creche. Now I make the glogg and my daughter creates the creche. We spend an evening at the family of my son-in-law and sing the carols. We read one of many of the stories we love before snuggling dwn to bed on christmas eve. We are together and this book, so divinely and lovingly illustrated with images from the turn of the century is a collection of all the things that bring us together. From my family to yours. I hope you love it (the gingerbread cookies alone will make it worthwhile, I promise).
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Summary: Not much new here
Review: This is a nice book if you still need a collection of the basic popular Christmas stories & songs. It's put together nicely, but there wasn't much new or unique in the book, except a couple of poems. There were some nice illustrations, but the book wasn't worth it just for those. So if you are looking for something new, not just the same old Christmas stories, don't get this book. But if you want all those in one place this is a good choice. I also found it a bit hard to read for long periods since it's small, but very thick. Handling it & keeping it open to read was tiresome.
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Summary: Makes a very good gift!
Review: This quality book is a true find. The artsy feel is inviting to read. There are traditional stories that we've all heard before, but might not remember all that well. This book brings together a collection of poetry, short stories and recepies all in the Christmas tradition.
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Summary: The Christmas Lover's Complete Guide To Reading
Review: When the Thanksgiving turkey has been cleared from the table, the reader in me immediately starts thinking about great Christmas stories to plunge into for the month of December. How happy I was to find the greatest stories I remembered from the past plus great new discoveries had all been gathered into one book. Not only the best stories and poems, but magnificent artwork, yummy new recipes to try, and carols for family sing-a-longs. This book has it all for an uplifting, feel-good Christmas reading experience. So make yourself a cup of hot chocolate with pepperment sticks (recipe, page 198) and enjoy "A Miserable, Merry Christmas" by Lincoln Steffens(page 210), one of my favorite new discoveries in this volume. Or if you have small children, don't let the season pass without reading them "Christmas Every Day" by William Dean Howells" (page 226) or the classic "Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus" (page 178) by Francis P. Church. You'll want a copy for yourself and one to give your favorite reading buddy.
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Summary: The Christmas Lover's Complete Guide To Reading
Review: When the Thanksgiving turkey has been cleared from the table, the reader in me immediately starts thinking about great Christmas stories to plunge into for the month of December. How happy I was to find the greatest stories I remembered from the past plus great new discoveries had all been gathered into one book. Not only the best stories and poems, but magnificent artwork, yummy new recipes to try, and carols for family sing-a-longs. This book has it all for an uplifting, feel-good Christmas reading experience. So make yourself a cup of hot chocolate with pepperment sticks (recipe, page 198) and enjoy "A Miserable, Merry Christmas" by Lincoln Steffens(page 210), one of my favorite new discoveries in this volume. Or if you have small children, don't let the season pass without reading them "Christmas Every Day" by William Dean Howells" (page 226) or the classic "Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus" (page 178) by Francis P. Church. You'll want a copy for yourself and one to give your favorite reading buddy.
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Summary: Complete Holiday Spirits For The Soul
Review: Who needs a partridge in a pear tree? This hefty stocking stuffer has everything else you might want for an old-fashioned yuletide celebration. There are classic Christmas tales from the likes of Charles Dickens and O. Henry, holiday poetry, carols (complete with sheet music) and even recipes for seasonal treats such as gingerbread cookies and hot apple cider.
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