Charles Dickens
illustrated by Charles Ropp 1961
The classic Christmas story in picture book form with an antique feel and full page illustrations. We're reading it again this year.
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Nutcracker
The original Nutcracker story by E.T.A. Hoffmann. Maurice Sendak designed the sets and costumes for a ballet production and the pictures in this book show how glorious it must have been.
E.T.A. Hoffmann
illustrated by Maurice Sendak 1991
Hilary Knight's The Twelve Days of Christmas
Once again Hilary Knight's illustrations make the most engaging book. The 12 days of Christmas told through a couple of bears and a large victorian house. (Have I mentioned how much we love books that show the inside rooms of houses?) It takes me forever to read this to the kids because I have to spend time looking at the pictures. The last page is a pull-out and there's a biographical blurb about Hilary's own family at the back.
Hilary Knight
1981
1981
Monday, December 20, 2010
The Baby in the Manger
A poem of the nativity by Isabel Byrum with beautiful vintage illustrations by Margaret Evans Price. Don't be surprised if some of these pictures become my Christmas cards next year.
The Baby in the Manger
Isabel C. Byrum 1995
illustrated by Margaret Evans Price
The Wild Christmas Reindeer
Jan Brett 1998
Another offering from Jan Brett. More Nordic inspired illustrations and a story about one of Santa's helpers, a girl named Teeka, who gets the job of taking care of Santa's reindeer. She has to prepare them for their Christmas Eve flight but they prove wild and unruly at first. Like all her other books, Brett has extra illustrations that tell a story along the edges of the page. The ones in this book show toys being made and a countdown to Christmas day.
The Twelve Days of Christmas a Christmas Carol
This is a Little Golden Book illustrated by Sheilah Beckett. The costumes and the black-haired girl remind me of Olivia Hussey in Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet.
illustrated by Sheilah Beckett 1992
Twas the Night Before Christmas- Jessie Willcox Smith
Here is another reproduction of the poem with Jessie Willcox Smith's beautiful pictures. Our copy is a rather small paperback. I would love to have this with much larger pages to enjoy.
Clement Moore
illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith 1912
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