Merry Christmas Everyone!

 

 

I just wanted to write and tell my readers that I will not be posting again till after Christmas.  I hope each of you and your families have a very Merry Christmas.  May the blessing of the Christ Child bless you this Christmas Season. 

 

Happy Holidays,

Jolie

 

 



 

 

 

Happy Monday Everyone!

 

Hope each of you that read my blog are well today.  It is a balmy 12 degrees here this afternoon. We even got a little snow over the weekend and since it is so cold we still have it today.  Hotshot(our cat) is enjoying the sun coming through the arcadia doors this morning.  It is a beautiful but cold day.  It looks and smells like Christmas.

Today I would like to share a Santa book for the children and a cute movie for the older children.  I enjoyed both of them very much.

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SHHHHH

by

Julie Sykes and Tim Warnes

 

It is Christmas Eve and Santa is getting ready for his big night.  He is singing loudly, "Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, jingle all the way!" When the reindeers say," Santa Shhhh!. You mustn't wake the children."  Santa has all kinds of problems as he goes from house to house and the dog, the cat, and the reindeers all remind him to  "Shhhh!" "You mustn't wake the children."  The children will love this book and laugh out loud at the antics of clumsy, lovable Santa.  See who the little mouse tells to "Shhhh" at the end of the book.  It is a really cute book and young children will really enjoy it.  Share it with a young child this Christmas.

 

 

A Princess for Christmas

DVD

Christmas is right around the corner and for Jules Daly who is trying to create a loving home as new guardian to her mischievous neice and nephew.  But when Jules loses her job and the nanny leaves on the same day she just doesn't know what to do.  Then a mysterious and unexpected invitation arrives to travel to Europe to spend a royal Christmas with the children's estranged grandfather.

Featuring a faraway land. an enchanting romance, and the unbreakable bond of family things change. This is really an inspirational tale of love.  Check it out when you are watching Christmas movies this season.

 

 

 

 



 

Enjoy your day.  See you again Wednesday with a new Christmas book.

 

 

 

Hello everyone!

Just 20 days till Christmas!  Can you believe it?  I can't!  I love this time of year and sometimes wish it could last all year.  I do wish for the beauty and love all year that I see at Christmas.  I just finished making some Christmas and Birthday jars for friends.  I sure hope they will like them.  I sure did enjoy making them.  I have a really cute book to share with you today.  A great teacher friend gave it to me along with three other ones for Christmas a few years ago and I got them out every year to read to my students.  So this year I am sharing them with you.  I hope you enjoy them.

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Hurry Santa

by

Julie Sykes and Tim Warnes

 

 

It is Christmas Eve and Santa has overslept.  "Hurry Santa!" says his little mouse.  "You shouldn't be late tonight!"  First Santa puts both feet into one pants leg, and then he can't find the reindeer.  The reindeer are out in the woods playing games.  Finally, Santa and the reindeer fly off to deliver the presents for all the good little boys and girls all over the world.  Then the reindeer have a problem landing and the sleigh gets stuck in the snow and Santa and  the reindeer can't get it out.  Along comes a big horse and tries to help Santa and the reindeer.  They pull and pull and finally get the sleigh out.  All the animals tell Santa he must hurry before the sun comes up on Christmas Day. Santa and the reindeer finish delivering all the gifts to the boys and girls and head home to the North Pole.  Santa gets out his pack and finds a present.  He thinks he forgot to deliver it to someone but the animals say it is for him from all the animals.  Can you guess what Santa's present is?  Check out the book and share it with a young boy or girl and see their face light up as you read this delightful story about Santa and his reindeer on Christmas Eve.

 

 

 

 

Enjoy!!!!!



 

 

Hello everyone!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  I know I enjoyed the holiday with family and friends.  I can't believe though that there are only 22 days till Christmas.  I love this time of year so much.  Everyone is in good spirits and I love watching Christmas movies and reading good Christmas books.  I hope you will enjoy the one for today.  It is a good book for young children K-2 grade I would think.  A really cute story.  Please share it with a young child this Christmas season if you get a chance.

 

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The Crunchy, Munchy Christmas Tree

by

Karen Gray Ruelle

 

 

 

Harry and Emily are looking for a tree to take to their grandparents' house for Christmas.  They finally find one that they think will work.  They get everything ready to go to grandma and grandpa's and it starts to snow.  It snows and snows  and dad says that they can't go in the blizzard.  Harry and Emily are upset since they can't get to grandpa and grandma's to give them their tree and of course Santa doesn't know where they are.  Finally, they decide to decorate the tree in the front yard with cranberries and popcorn.  They have a fun time decorating the tree.  Then they see some deer in the front yard and think that Santa is coming. The next morning Harry and Emily wake up and the snow has stopped.  They ask their dad if they can go to grandma and grandpa's.  Dad says they have to wait for the snowplow.  Harry and Emily look out the window and there are two big packages.  They run out and find that Santa left each of them a gift.  Check out this cute book at the library or your nearest bookstore to find out the ending.  It is a cute book.

 



 

Happy Tuesday everyone!

 

Sorry I missed a week but I have been very busy and just didn't have a chance to get in here.  Hope all of you are doing well and are ready for Thanksgiving with your families.  I have a couple of Thanksgiving books to share with you today.  Hope you and your families will have a wonderful Thanksgiving Day.  I am very thankful for my family and each of you my loyal readers.   Hope you will have a chance to post a comment to the blog and I am going to give away a free Christmas book next month.  So please come back and enter to win.

 

 

Thanksgiving

by

Alice K. Flanagan

 

This book is what I would call an elementary history book.  In the book the author shares information about Harvest Festivals, the Pilgrims and the Indians, things you might see on Thanksgiving Day, and how we come to celebrate Thanksgiving Day in the United States.  It is a very good book and appropriate for elementary children.  It would be a good book to help young children learn about the meaning and the reason we celebrate Thanksgiving.

 

 

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Thanksgiving Day

 Time to be Thankful

by Elaine Landau

 

This book is a great information book about Thanksgiving too.  It has really great pictures and bits of information on the sides of the pages.  It also has a really cute craft for the children to make for the Thanksgiving table.  It is Thanksgiving seating cards for the table.  The children us their hand to trace and make turkeys to color to tell people where to sit at the table.  Children would love helping in the celebration this way.  Check out both books at your public library or bookstore.  Enjoy them with a child this holiday.

 

 

See you Friday with a new Christmas book.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Happy Saturday my friends.

 

I am sorry i didn't get to post yesterday but since this post should be Friday's I am going to review a Chrstimas book for adults again today.  I hope all the mothers,grandmothers, and anyone else who reads this blog will enjoy it.

 

 

A Cedar Cove Christmas

by

Debbie Macomber

 

The story starts out when Mother-to-be Mary Jo Wyse arrives in Cedar Cove on Christmas Eve looking for the baby's father. The father, David Rhodes had said he would be in town. But of course he isn't.  Which leaves Mary Jo stranded, pregnant, and alone.  There is no room in the local inn. So Grace Harding brings her to her nearby ranch where the animals for the local Christmas pageant are being housed.  When Mary Jo goes into labor that night, a young paramedic comes to the rescue just as Mary Jo's brothers , the three Wyse men show up in town.  The people of Cedar Cove join them in celebrating the birth of Baby Noel.

 

This is a lovely book which resembles the true Christmas story with names and circumstances.  I hear it is going to be a movie on the Hallmark channel this Christmas.  I am looking forward to seeing it this Christmas.  It was a great story.  I hope you will get a chance to check out the movie and the book this Christmas.

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Happy Thursday everyone!

 I hope everyone is having a great day.  Today I am going to review another Thanksgiving book.  I really enjoyed this one too and I had never read it before.  I hope you and your children enjoy it too.

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A Pioneer Thanksgving

by

Barbara Greenwood

 

The story take s place in pioneer times  around 1841.  The Robertson family is preparing for Thanksgiving dinner.  Willy Robertson peels chestnuts for the turkey stuffing, Ma cuts apples for the pies, while Pa and George hunt for the turkey.  Sarah wants to pick cranberries to make cranberry sauce for the dinner and for her grandmother.  So she heads out to the bog to get cranberries and her mother says for her to take her younger sister Lizzie.  So Lizzie and Sarah head out to the bog even though they know they aren't suppose to be there.  Something happens while they are there that gives the family a whole new reason for celebrating Thanksgiving.

 

The book also has directions for pioneer games and recipes and a couple of crafts one being a Corn Dolly which would really be fun for girls to make.  This is a great book for  elementary school age children and maybe even 5th or 6th grade children.  It would be a great book to share and either play one of the games, or make a craft.  A great book to use with a lesson plan and an excellent book to learn about Thanksgiving dinner in the pioneer days.  So check it out at your nearest library or children's book store.  Enjoy!

 

 

See you soon with another great Christmas book on Friday.

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