If Animals Celebrated Christmas
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
A must-have for any nursery! If Animals Celebrated Christmas is a beloved picture book in the bestselling If Animals Kissed Goodnight series that imagines how creatures from all across the animal kingdom might celebrate the holidays– making it the perfect bedtime read aloud to snuggle up with in the wintertime.
What if animals did what YOU do?
Tortoise would hiss a holiday wish. Crane would croon joyful carols. Mama and Papa Buffalo would kiss beneath the mistletoe. Every creature would deck the halls for this magical and festive season!
Featuring playful rhymes and adorable art, little ones can see how creatures, great and small, celebrate together. Families will giggle along as they imagine the critters that inhabit places near and far. This is a wonderful gift for baby showers, birthdays, new parents, or any occasion!
Don't miss the other books in this adorable series: If Animals Kissed Good Night, If Animals Said I Love You, If Animals Went to School, If Animals Gave Thanks, If Animals Tried to Be Kind, If Animals Trick-or-Treated, and If Animals Went to Work.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In the third entry in their If Animals series, Paul and Walker ponder how animal families might prepare for Christmas. If animals were to celebrate the holiday, "Crabs would scamper from the deep, dark sea,/ and build a seashell Christmas tree" while, under a starry sky, "Papa and Mama Buffalo/ would grunt greetings and kiss beneath mistletoe." Walker illustrates in a cozy, smudgy art style that lovingly depicts the animal babies and parents in a range of wilderness settings. If Koala celebrated Christmas, she would hang her stocking from a tree and, after cuddling with her Mama and Papa, "she'd fall asleep in her high-branch bed/ with visions of reindeer flying through her head / a team of them! / fast on their way." A satisfying final spread shows a polar bear Santa with a sleigh full of toys. Ages 2 6.
