My Thoughts:
So where did Christmas stockings get started? I have no
idea, but this is such a fun story for your little ones to tell about their
Christmas stocking.
Stockings are one of my favorite parts of Christmas
morning. We always put fun things like fingernail polish, bath soaps, fun socks
and such into the stockings. Our kids also love to pick up little goodies and
slip them into our stockings when they think we are not looking. But I’ve never
actually considered where the stocking tradition may have started.
In this sweet little book, the stocking tradition is
attributed back to Saint Nicholas. It tells that he wanted to do something nice
for people to remind them that God loves them. Sometimes he would leave
presents out in the open. But other times he would hid them deep into their
socks!
With easy to read rhyming sentences, this story is a lot
of fun for kids to read and to listen. The illustrations are very simple and
eye-catching, and something that my kids really enjoy. I also love the stocking
shape of this sturdy board book.
This would make a great pre-Christmas gift for the young
child in your life.
About the Author
Crystal Bowman loves writing books for kids. Her
books come in all shapes and sizes and many of them have become best sellers.
Whether her stories are written in playful rhythm and rhyme, or short sentences
for beginning readers, she tries to make them so enjoyable that kids will want
to read them over and over again. "But the most important part," she
says, "is to teach children that God loves them and cares about them very
much."
About the Illustrator
You can find Claudine diving the oceans with Technicolor
fish, camel riding in the Sahara, trekking in a jungle populated with wild
monkeys, or exploring the African savanna in search of huge elephants. Although
adventurous, she sometimes gets scared when coming upon a giant spider or other
scary beasts. At that time she heads back to the comfort of her studio, where
she draws all the wonderful things she saw and dreams of her next visit to
faraway lands.