Socks for Christmas

Socks For Christmas  by Andy Andrews

Is Bashfullbookbee's book of the week.

A few years back, I was a young mother of two.  I was just like all parents I wanted to give my children everything possible.  I wonder where that desire comes from.  As I've seen posted several times on Facebook, the older we get the shorter our Christmas wish lists get.  I wish now I had not been the kind of person who, sometimes at the serious mismanagement of our household finances, had not strived for so many material things.  I hope parents who see this blog will check out this book.  I even found one young man reading it on YouTube.  I wish young parents didn't feel that had to shower their children with Christmas gifts, as I often did.   This story is about a young man who was disgruntled and unappreciative of the Christmas gifts he got.  Like so many of us, he wished for "something" he didn't get.  However, the story goes on...the young boy realizes his Christmas was much better than another child's just down the street.  The story is full of heart, appreciation, and giving.  The young boy learns true joy comes from giving.  I hope Bashfullbookbee readers will read this sweet book this Christmas~

BashfulBookbee gives this book....

   

Merry Christmas

Bashful Book Bee "BEELIEVE'S" in sharing the love of books and reading with everyone. But her primary goal is to introduce books to children, teachers, educators, parents, and grandparents.

Twas the Night Before Christmas

This week’s blog is about “The Night Before Christmas”

and the rest of the story…

My favorite is the recent publishing of Mary Engelbreit's...

But this is no new story.....The story was believed to be written by Clement Clarke Moore for his children titled

“A Visit from St. Nicholas” in 1822. As a scholar, he is said to have been embarrassed by the light-hearted holiday poem. Historians also believe a family friend, Miss Harriet Butler, learned of the poem sometime later from Moore's children. She submitted this iconic children’s poet anonymously and it was then published in the Troy Sentinel in 1823.  Moore did not publish the poem under his name until 1844.

My research couldn't come up with a count of publishings of this classic poem…. But one thing I do know is it has been around nearly 200 years. Many authors have also taken his creative poem and created their own parody following the classic form of “Night Before Christmas”. What a great way to do comparison and contrast with students... I think we have some holiday books to read

 I’ve listed 22 titles I found quickly….

1. Navy’s Night Before Christmas by Christine Ford and Trish Holland
2. Berenstain Bears Night Before Christmas by Mike Berenstain
3. Night before the Night Before Christmas by Natasha Wing and Mike Lester
4. Dinosaurs Night Before Christmas by Anne Muecke and Nathan Hale
5. Pirate’s Night Before Christmas by Philip Yates and Sebastia Serra
6. Texas Night Before Christmas by James Rice
7. Olaf’s Night Before Christmas by Disney Book Group
8. An Irish Night Before Christmas by Sarah Blazek and James Rice
9. Soldier’s Night Before Christmas by Christine Ford by Trish Holland
10. Teacher’s Night Before Christmas by Steven Layne and James Rice
11. Night Before Christmas in Texas by Leon Harris and Meg Wohlberg
12. Firefighters Night Before Christmas by Kimbra Cutlip and James Rice\
13. Principal’s Night Before Christmas by  by Steven Layne and James Rice
14. Night Before Christmas in Paris by Betty Lou Phillips and Roblyn Hermdon
15. Thomas Night Before Christmas by R. Schuyler Hooke and Richard Courtney
16. Twas the Night Before Christmas as told by the cat by by Nick Filippouwboki
17. Dinosaurs Night Before Christmas by Jim Harris
18. Librarians Night Before Christmas by David Davis and Jim Harris
19. Minnie and Moo, the Night Before Christmas by Denys Davis
20. Night Before Christmas In the South by Barbara Hagerty and Sheryl Dickert
21. Barnyard Night Before Christmas by Beth Terrilll and Greg Newboki
22. Texas Night Before Christmas by E.K. Sullivan

Christmas Time for Love

Christmas Time is in the air.  If you are around children, their excitement is contagious.  God surely knew when he gave us the Christ child, that CHILDREN would love the holiday.  I am excited to see more children knowing the True meaning of Christmas.  The birth of our savior is exciting.  And while the gift giving sometimes gets out of hand, I think the Wisemen gave us a great example to give Him gifts.  I believe it is because of love within us, that gift giving then must extend to our giving gifts to others we love as well…of course~  This Bashful Book Bee, loves giving gifts.... and most of the time they are books, of course, ~ 

My number one gift book for children is one of my all-time favorite books.

                         The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams was written in 1922.   

However, this classic tale still will be loved by all…from young children to adults.  The sweet little story is a young stuffed rabbit given to a young boy at Christmas. While the story is primarily about the loving relationship the boy develops with his toy, the toy also meets many new animals in the nursery.  These new acquaintances give the young rabbit the brutal truth that "he" is not "real".  The toy rabbit's greatest desire is to become real. However, through the sincere love the rabbit has for the boy, he learns the awesome lesson of selfless love, which proves to be the magic of being truly REAL.

Bashful book bee give this classic~

Bashful Book Bee’s other great Christmas book recommendations:

• ·         The Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and The Big Hungry Bear by Don and Audrey Wood.  Every child that Bashful has given this book to, reports it is STILL their favorite book~
• ·         A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote
• ·         The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson

Each of these books will bring smiles and warm fuzzy feelings to all of their readers.

Bashful Book Bee "BEELIEVE'S" in sharing the love of books and reading with everyone. But her primary goal is to introduce books to children, teachers, educators, parents, and grandparents.

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