The season of giving is almost here and for today's picture book I have a title that I think beautifully captures the true spirit of the season, no matter who you are. In this story you will meet a pair of bears who love one another and who willingly give up things they care for so that they can purchase the perfect gift.
Boris and Stella and the Perfect Gift
Boris and Stella and the Perfect Gift
Dara Goldman
Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Sleeping Bear Press, 2013, 978-1-58536-859-4
Boris and Stella are a pair of bears who, despite their
very different backgrounds and occupations, love many of the same things. Boris
plays the piano in a restaurant, and Stella is a baker, and they both like hats
and scary movies.
Stella wants to
give Boris something special for Hanukkah, but she only has a few coins in her
piggy bank. She has nothing worth selling except the pine tree that came from
the family farm in Italy. Even though the tree is special to her, Stella
decides to sell the tree so that she can buy Boris a dreidel to add to his
dreidel collection.
Boris is also
thinking about gift giving. Christmas is coming up and he wants to get Stella a
gift that she will treasure. He doesn’t have much money saved up either, but he
does have a dreidel collection that his parents gave him when he was growing up
in Russia. Boris decides that he will sell his dreidel collection so that he
can buy a lovely star for Stella’s special pine tree.
This
heart-warming version of The Gift of the
Magi will delight children and their grownups. It is wonderful to see that
these two bears in this tale have no trouble giving up things they treasure.
Children will see how giving a gift to someone you love is a gift in and of
itself.
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