The Days After Christmas

Toddler-PreS–While many Christmas books describe various things that families do leading up to Christmas, this book is the opposite: it depicts what different families do after Christmas Day has passed. A young girl with blonde hair wakes up in the morning with memories of Christmas floating in her head. On the next spread, two children with brown skin sit and ponder quietly, while the father prepares breakfast for them. Subsequent spreads continue introducing different families and showing how they adjust to the end of Christmas. Some start to take down the Christmas tree. Some children go outside to play in the snow, and others say goodbye to their grandparents. One spread shows a family packing up Christmas decorations while getting out New Year’s and Valentine’s Day ones. Harmonious words and breathtaking illustrations depict diverse families. This story shows children that after the holidays, life continues. Back matter includes instructions for creating birdseed ornaments, which are shown earlier in the story.