cover image Toddler Christmas: Activities, Games, and Stories for Excited Toddlers

Toddler Christmas: Activities, Games, and Stories for Excited Toddlers

Illus. by Katie Saunders. Barron%E2%80%99s, $9.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-7641-6631-0

Saunders%E2%80%99s Toddler series of padded oversize picture books expands with this activity-filled collection of holiday-ready ideas for children. Tabbed pages demarcate the book%E2%80%99s five sections%E2%80%94Christmas Games, Out and About, Christmas Activities, Learning Fun, and Stories and Songs%E2%80%94with Saunders%E2%80%99s wiry cartoons of elves, children, gifts, and holiday d%C3%A9cor enlivening the pages throughout the book. Rebuses, search-and-find pages, and %E2%80%9CI spy%E2%80%9D games combine with recipes, crafts, Christmas-themed explorations of simple concepts like letters and numbers, retellings of the Nativity story and The Nutcracker, Christmas carols, and even a quiz (%E2%80%9CDo the fairies leave our Christmas presents? Yes or No?%E2%80%9D). The diversity of options offers plenty of material to keep children entertained while they wait for a certain someone to slide down the chimney. Ages 2%E2%80%935. (Sept.)