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EAN: 9780385131834 Edition: 1st ISBN: 0385131836 Label: Doubleday Books for Young Readers Manufacturer: Doubleday Books for Young Readers Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 38 Publication Date: August 16, 1983 Publisher: Doubleday Books for Young Readers Reading Level: Baby-Preschool Release Date: August 16, 1983 Studio: Doubleday Books for Young Readers Editorial Review: Product Description: Illustrations without text follow the activities of three young children and their parents as they prepare for, and finally celebrate, Christmas. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Peter Spier books need to stay in print and available!How sad I was to go to my local bookstore and discover Spier's "Christmas" book is out of print. My children are grown and still talk about his books. There is a lightness and positive energy in his books that any child in any generation can relate to. The lack of words allows anyone to use their own memories and imagination to create the story. I had planned to start buying these for my grandchildren. Favorites are "Christmas" and "Bored - nothing to do." How do we get these published again? Rating: - Bring it back to print IMMEDIATELY!You don't have to be a child to revel in Peter Spier's beautiful full-color art (and at age 55 I can speak from personal experience). Here he tells the story of a typical American Christmas season with never a printed word, beginning on December 13 and going on the following January 4. A family of five (plus dog and cat) shop the bedizened mall, make decorations, address and send out Christmas cards, choose and trim their tree, shop for and prepare their holiday feast, go to church, open their presents, ... Read More Rating: - Timeless Christmas sentiments from Mr. SpierThis is too delightful a book to be out of print! Mr. Speir again showcases his talent for detail in this charming, word-free picture book about Christmas. The story is linear, have a starting point and logical ending point, but many of the images in between could easily be shuffled about with no detriment to the overall book. What we have here are snatches of personal memory, vignettes of both public and hidden moments, perhaps even just a glance that catches a simple image from a childhood ... Read More Rating: - Second Generation Spier FanMy children are growing up with Spier just as I did. The youngest love to look at the pictures and hear me tell about them. Older children love to make up the story as it progresses. Great tool for promoting imagination. Rating: - A picture's worth a thousand wordsWe set this book out with all the other Christmas decorations every year. It's a tradition. Even the older ones in the family enjoy the book without words. The beautiful illustrations take you through a journey of a family's Christmas season. If you love Christmas, you must have it. |
