Christmas: A Lift-the-Flap Book

Baby-Toddler–The Christmas feeling explored most frequently in children’s books is that of peppermint candy canes, jewel-toned sugar cookies, houses festooned with twinkling lights, trees bursting with presents on Christmas morning, and the lore of Santa Claus. In this Christmas-focused board book, the Christian festival’s scriptural origins, traditions of worship, and its ideals of generosity and kinship are the focus. Diverse families visit a church, stage a nativity scene, donate to charity, and sing hymns as ways of celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. And while advent calendars, stockings, trees, and presents still make their way into the pages, they are the happy by-product of the Christian festival of Christmas and not the celebration itself. Detail-rich and hue-saturated illustrations are accentuated with a few peekaboo flaps perfect for the littlest of readers.