Comments on: A seasonal read-aloud list http://writeupouralley.com/books/a-seasonal-read-aloud-list Children's Book Authors and Illustrators Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:15:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: debbie http://writeupouralley.com/books/a-seasonal-read-aloud-list/comment-page-1#comment-57 debbie Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:20:02 +0000 http://writeupouralley.com/?p=1819#comment-57 Another touching Christmas/Hannukah picturebook is ELIJAH'S ANGEL ( Michael J. Rosen & Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson), a story about Elijah, a Christian woodcarver in his eighties, who shows his affection for Michael, a nine-year-old Jewish friend, by giving him a carved angel. Michael struggles with accepting the Christmas gift until he realizes that friendship means the same thing in any religion. As a child, I always loved the LITTLE HOUSE books, and remember several Christmas scenes from them - the year Laura received her ragdoll, Charlotte, the year Pa ate all of the Christmas candy to stay alive when he was trapped in a snowstorm... my children enjoyed the entire series too, as read-alouds. Another touching Christmas/Hannukah picturebook is ELIJAH’S ANGEL ( Michael J. Rosen & Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson), a story about Elijah, a Christian woodcarver in his eighties, who shows his affection for Michael, a nine-year-old Jewish friend, by giving him a carved angel. Michael struggles with accepting the Christmas gift until he realizes that friendship means the same thing in any religion.

As a child, I always loved the LITTLE HOUSE books, and remember several Christmas scenes from them – the year Laura received her ragdoll, Charlotte, the year Pa ate all of the Christmas candy to stay alive when he was trapped in a snowstorm… my children enjoyed the entire series too, as read-alouds.

]]> By: sanna http://writeupouralley.com/books/a-seasonal-read-aloud-list/comment-page-1#comment-56 sanna Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:38:39 +0000 http://writeupouralley.com/?p=1819#comment-56 Hershel and the Hannukah Goblins is one of our favorites -- we read it the other night in honour of all our Hannukah friends (such as your family!). Hershel and the Hannukah Goblins is one of our favorites — we read it the other night in honour of all our Hannukah friends (such as your family!).

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