12 NEWLY RELEASED
Children’s Holiday Books
AGES INFANT-2
“D is for Dreidel:
A Hanukkah Alphabet”
“The Twelve Days of
Christmas in Virginia”
by Sue Corbett
With a fun take on
the classic Christmas
song, this new board
book celebrates
the holidays in
Virginia with some
special local gifts—
including 12 plovers looping, 11 ponies
racing, three tall ships and a cardinal
in a dogwood tree!
by Greg Paprocki
Introduce your
young one to
the Festival of
Lights in this
fun collection of
26 illustrations
featuring Hanukkah-themed concepts, such as
latkes, gelt, the menorah
and dreidels.

24 December 2018
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“A Unicorn Named Sparkle’s
First Christmas”
by Amy Young
It’s Sparkle’s fi rst
Christmas, and Lucy
is showing him how
to celebrate. They
make a unicorn
snowman, hang
stockings, bake holiday cookies and
buy presents—but in typical Sparkle
fashion, nothing goes as planned! Yet
Lucy ends up learning that love, not
presents, is what Christmas is all about.

“If Animals Celebrated
Christmas” by Ann Whitford Paul
and David Walker
If animals said
“Merry Christmas,”
how would they say
it? Beaver would
gnaw down trees
with his teeth, Koala
would decorate
with Mama and Papa and, of course,
Polar Bear Santa would fl y through
the night! Following the success of
“If Animals Kissed Good Night,” this
new installment is a celebration of the
Christmas season.

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T here’s something particularly
special about reading a holiday
story aloud together as a family. And
it’s one of the easiest ways to get into
the holiday spirit! So grab some hot
cocoa, snuggle up by the fi re and enjoy
one of these newly released children’s
Christmas and Hanukkah books.