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Book Review: Joy to the World! Christmas Around the Globe

Barefoot Books: Joy To The World! Christmas Around the Globe

Dear Readers,

I was pleasantly surprised to find this beautiful hardcover children's book under the tree! My daughter is a Barefoot Books Ambassador and has her own book store. She's done lots of wonderful things for the company and has always been a strong supporter of children's books.

About The Book:

"Explore Christmas traditions from 13 different countries! Rhyming text and detailed illustrations make the book accessible to younger readers, while educational endnotes about the 13 celebrations add interest for older children. Gold ink and festive illustrations capture the joy of the season and make this book a beautiful gift in itself. Engaging and informative for anyone who wants to learn about the holiday. Features Christmas traditions from: *Ethiopia *Colombia *Australia *Italy *Serbia *Mexico *India *Iceland *Egypt *Argentina *Philippines *Lebanon *Canada."

Review

I really like this one! Such a beautiful classic read for your annual Christmas reading memories! It is beautifully illustrated with gorgeous, bright colored images regarding Christmas traditions around the world. The set of pages have four rhyming lines.

The combined stories explain what Christmas is and they have lots of information about Christmas in each country. I was aware of many cultural celebrations of Christmas around the world, but I didn’t know many of the specifics. Now I know!

My favorite part of the book is at the beginning!

"It's almost Christmas ! A bright time of year for coming together with those we hold dear. Like Mary and Joseph, we joyfully wait. For this special occasion that we celebrate."

Towards the back of the book, the author writes:

"Jesus is born! What a wonderful reason For coming together for this sacred season."

I especially love how the author shares, "What is Christmas?" Indeed, Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Jesus in the Christian faith!

You must check out this particular book, Joy to the World! Christmas Around the Globe by Kate DePalma and Sophie Fatus.

-- LadyD

“You can’t get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.” -- C. S. Lewis

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Book Review: We All Go Traveling By

I spy with my little eye,
You can hear with your little ear,
A yellow school bus goes beep-beep-beep.
And we all go traveling by, bye-bye,
And we all go traveling by.

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All aboard! Just try to read or listen to this playful cumulative song without tapping your toes or singing along. Children will delight in beeping, vrooming and rumbling their way through the pages of this unique book, exploring different modes of transport as they go.

With its bright, hand-stitched illustrations and an accompanying musical CD by popular children's singer Fred Penner, We All Go Traveling By will turn every school journey into a special adventure!

Book Review

Children will love the repetition and the many brightly colored illustrations. This is a very engaging book with various landscapes to discover. Especially finding all the various modes of transportation from a truck, train, boat, car, bike, and especially a yellow school bus! The song is delightful!

5/5 stars! Highly recommend!

Happy Reading!

-- LadyD “You can’t get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.” -- C. S. Lewis
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An Italian Family Christmas

In my kitchen, surrounded with a blue curtain and blue placemat, folks gathered around the tables with moustaches and Burger King crowns for a family Christmas. One of our daughters came down with our special granddaughter the day after Christmas. Our son and his family joined us this year and we were able to do FaceTime with our other daughter and family. Technology is so wonderful for reuniting families. Do you use Skype? Photos for Blue Monday

Fortunately, Costco has large quantities of party food and supplies for purchase. I made my special sauce with our own canned tomatoes, homemade pesto and herbs, with Italian sausage. There were no vegans this year. All the pans of lasagna were assembled Christmas Eve night, so our hot meal was ready to enjoy, along with garlic bread and salad within 30 minutes. I love lasagna. How about you?

Starting to set out the appetizers, I served several dipping sauces for garlic bread, along with Brie and apple slices, meatballs, shrimp ring and poppers. We all were grazing on munchies around noon.

I picked the "Italian Grapefruit" on Christmas morning...

"Il mio nome e Giorgio Pompelmo. Che piacere visitare la vostra fattoria. Grazie tanto y Buon Natale!"

Translation: "My name is Giorgio Grapefruit. What a pleasure to visit your farm! Thanks so much, and Merry Christmas!"

Funny thing is that the lasagna is overpriced. If 1 euro = $1.32, then no one is going to pay $30. for a portion of the main course. We all chuckled over this but fortunately, today the Christmas dinner was free! lol Photo for Mellow Yellow Monday

Bimba Landmann's richly colored iconographic illustrations both illuminate this stunning life of Leonardo and create an air of mystery around this far-reaching genius. At once instructive and entertaining, the story is told by ten-year-old Giacomo, who comes to respect, love, and learn from Leonardo, his wise and eccentric master. The many facets of this towering genius of Renaissance Italy are explored in a book that will inspire everyone to search for their own greatness within.

A great biography with beautiful illustrations for children 7 years old - adult; a wonderful book!
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Wishing you and your family a wonderful new year of praise in 2013.

Warmly,

“You can’t get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.” — C. S. Lewis

Winter Sale on Children's Books

I'm excited to announce Barefoot Book's yearly winter sale on children's books. This is a great opportunity to purchase bestsellers and board books for babies and toddlers. Barefoot Books Publishers have a great selection of hardcover and paperback books for ages 4-7 and ages 8-11. Plus, Spanish Books are offered with the winter sale.

Here are a few samples of what's on sale that I recommend:

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You can click on the banner posted above to look at reviews and prices or visit My Marketplace

Happy reading and Happy New Year!

“You can’t get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.” — C. S. Lewis