Comments on: Advent Reading

By: Sybil

Sybil — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:29:30 +0000

I recommend _The Family Under the Bridge_ written by Natalie Savage Carlson with wonderful, perfect pictures by Garth Williams. It won a Newbery Honor and is a charming story of an unusual Christmas. My husband and I read it aloud every Christmas season. Which reminds me . . . we need to get it out and read it soon.

By: Angela Hallstrom

Angela Hallstrom — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 16:50:14 +0000

Kristine, I love _Christmas Day in the Morning_ too. It’s purely lovely and makes me cry.

We have a Christmas book exchange for my book club’s Christmas party, and just a couple of days ago I picked up a new book called _Santa Duck_ for that event (and grabbed another one for my own family). There’s nothing insightful or lovely about it–it’s just funny. If you have kids in grade school, they’d think it’s hilarious. (“Jingle quack, Jingle quack, Jingle all the quack” being one of the many funny lines.)

And of course, who can forget _The Best Christmas Pageant Ever_?

By: The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey

The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 08:28:15 +0000

You might also like to see our movie of The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey. A family film that is for people who prefer traditional Christmas fare.

By: Neil Aitken

Neil Aitken — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:25:34 +0000

In addition to Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, my father would also read to us Dylan Thomas’ A Child’s Christmas in Wales every year (sometimes a couple of times). We loved the parts about the uncles and hunting cats with snowballs. Lots of wonderful humor, lyricism, and wonder worked through this classic. I think it’s also one of the many reasons I ended up writing poetry.

By: Laura Craner

Laura Craner — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:32:02 +0000

We have a bunch of Christmas books that we read year round. I’m not organized enough to put them away when the season is over. A favorite of mine of older kids (but not quite tweens) is Madeleine L’Engle’s _The Twenty Four Days Before Christmas_. Also,growing up, every single Christmas Eve my dad would recite Luke 2 from memory and then read us _The Other Wise Man_. Haven’t read it since I left home, though. It might be worth checking out.

By: m&m

m&m — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:20:59 +0000

I’m not nearly as sophisticated as you folks.

We read Mr. Willoughby’s Christmas Tree and The Forgotten Carols.

The first is fun, the second we find meaningful — brings to life the reason why the Savior is so important, on many different fronts.

By: Mark Brown

Mark Brown — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:49:12 +0000

Just a little sidetrack to say that Kristine’s guess is correct. This is what the illustrator’ bio at Amazon says:

Mark Buehner
Name pronounced Bee-ner; born 1959, in Salt Lake City, UT; Education: Attended University of Utah, 1981-82; Utah State University, B.S., 1985. Religion: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon). Hobbies and other interests: Interior and landscape design.

By: Th.

Th. — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:38:11 +0000

Oops. Botched the link.

http://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Carol-Charles-Dickens/dp/0763631205/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1228494902&sr=1-2

There.

By: Th.

Th. — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:37:40 +0000

Last year when my oldest son was 3/4 and again this year as he’s 4/5 (his birthday is in December), we’re reading this illustrated version of A Christmas Carol. Although he has a hard time settling down for it, he really enjoyed it. In fact, the reason we’re reading it again is because he started asking me if we could last month.