I really enjoy the holiday season but I must confess that sometimes the often frantic preparations one feels compelled to make are rather tiresome. When I read today's book I was reminded that the Christmas season can be a gentle, quiet, happy season if we just stop, notice and enjoy the good times, and let some things go. Ahhhh, much better.
Deborah Underwood
Illustrated by Renata Liwska
Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012, 978-0-547-55863-9
For many people the Christmas season is a busy, even
frantic time. It is a time full of noise and bustle, to do lists and what-did-I-forget
moments. Thankfully, Christmas does not have to be this way if you slow down,
take a deep breath, and savor the moments. If you do this, you might even be
able to have a Christmas that is quiet.
Perhaps you
don’t know what a quiet Christmas is. A quiet Christmas is a Christmas season
that is full of quiet moments. There are those searching for presents quiet
moments that are all too often followed by “Getting caught” quiet moments.
There are those quiet moments when we look out of the window and dare to hope
for a snow day. There are the soft quiet moments that come when you are making
a snow angel or when you are gliding across the ice. Then there is that
delicious quiet that comes when the lights on the Christmas tree are lit for
the first time. Sometimes this happy quiet moment is followed by a “Blown fuse
quiet.” And what about that Christmas Eve quiet when children listen for sleigh
bells, and when they fall asleep trying to stay awake.
In this
delicious holiday book Deborah Underwood’s simple text is beautifully paired
with Renata Liwska’s lovely soft illustrations to give readers of all ages a
bookish experience that is sweet, funny, and as comforting as a warm hug and a
cup of hot cocoa.
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