Daybreak

Merry Christmas to all!!! 

 

The Polar Express

By Chris Van Allsburg

 

We began the holiday season by listening to The Polar Express narrated by Garrison Keillor.  This is a story of a young boy, a train ride to the North Pole and a special gift from Santa, it's a classic and one we read every year.

 

The Dinosaurs' Night Before Christmas

By Anne Muecke

 

This is a new book to our library and one the kids loved.  The book came with a CD and was narrated by Al Roker.  It's the story of dinosaurs coming to life on Christmas Eve and having a party at the Museum of Natural History and there is also a little boy who gets to join in the fun.  The best surprise of all is at the end of the book where they have taken some holiday tunes and reworked them with a Dinosaur theme.  We had fun singing along with "Hark!  The Pterodactyls Sing, The Allosaurus Chorus, Deck the Halls With Stegosaurus and We Wish You a Dino Holiday.  The music is included on the CD.  Lots of smiles and giggles as we listened and sang along with this book.

 

Emma's Christmas

By Irene Trivas

 

Emma is a farmer's daughter who likes to go barefoot.  On the first day of Christmas, a prince spots Emma sitting in a cherry tree and falls in love with her but she refuses to marry him.  The prince, not wanting to give up, sends her a partridge in a pear tree.  The second day of Christmas he sends her two turtle doves and another partridge in a pear tree.  She keeps refusing to marry him and he keeps sending her gifts.  Emma is left to cope with doves, calling birds, etc. as well as, a lot of pears!  This is a wonderful book!  Our only regret is we have to check it out of the Riverton Library because we don't have our own copy. (HINT, HINT) 

 

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

By Dr. Seuss

 

We have a tradition of showing the animated version of the Grinch the week before Christmas break.  We do not check out this week.  The movie runs 26 minutes which works perfectly with our 30 minute blocks.  This gives us a chance to put books away and run reports as to which books are still out. 

 

 

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