Candy Cane Road: A Christmas Dream

ISBN-13: 9780984877119 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 42 str.

Sodad;Thornpalette; Samir Hanna Safar

Opis

Yellow Pig's Christmas story reminds its readers of the true meaning of the Christmas season, using well-known characters such as the Yellow Pig and Santa to introduce a new character named Christmas. The book combines simple rhyming lines with beautifully illustrated pictures to create a story that teaches children what is truly important during the Christmas season. The events of the book take place on Christmas Eve, where the Yellow Pig, Imagine, has fallen asleep and stopped imagining of Christmas morning and Santa. When a candy cane fence entraps Rudolph the reindeer, it will be up to the Yellow Pig and his new friend, Christmas, to save the day for Santa. The children of the village grow angry, blaming Yellow Pig for their lack of gifts. The new character Christmas teaches children, both through words and pictures, that the holiday is not only about receiving gifts, but about celebrating the joy of the season. This important story will be made all the more clear to children reading these books as they engage with the easy-to-follow storyline and exquisitely illustrated pictures. The illustrations draw the reader into Yellow Pig's world, depicting a snowy Christmas Eve in a town lit up with holiday lights and Bethlehem's star. Bright colors splash across every page, constantly keeping the children interested and engaged with the pictures. The animated illustrations not only encourage children to continue to the end of the book, but also to connect the pictures with the words. By peaking their interest with these expressive illustrations, the book also captures their interest in reading as children wish to learn the story behind the pictures. Children will not not only engulfed in the action-packed story of Yellow Pig and Christmas saving the day for Santa and the children of the world, but they will also begin learn the true importance of Christmas. The book teaches children that the Christmas season is a time for love, forgiveness, and celebration, rather than selfishness. While instilling important values in its readers, the book also makes reading fun and engaging. The message of this book speaks out to its target audience of young children as well as their parents, combining classic Christmas characters such as Santa and Rudolph with the loveable Yellow Pig. This book will lead to a lifetime love of reading and learning for all young readers who travels along with Yellow Pig on his Christmas adventure.