Merry Merry Holly Holly
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- $8.99
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
Celebrate ten years of this popular easy-to-read series with the best friends' first-ever picture book--a lovely holiday tale.
Cork the muskrat knows there’s something special about today, but he just can’t figure out what it is. So he and his best friend, the possum Fuzz, go on a search to find a tree for a little “piece of quiet,” so they can think about what makes this day so special. But the first tree has too many birds, and the next has too many squirrels--they're not quiet at all! At last, when the snow begins to fall, Cork and Fuzz find the perfect place to rest their heads: under a lovely outdoor Christmas tree. In the end, Cork realizes what makes this day so special is that he is “in a beautiful place with my friend.”
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Ten years after their eponymous debut in what would become a series of early readers, Cork and Fuzz make their first appearance in a picture book, one that finds the pensive muskrat and free-spirited possum trying to figure out why a certain winter day feels special. McCue lavishes attention on the two friends' wiry fur, as well as their rural surroundings, as they tromp through snowy fields to find the right tree under which to think. A spontaneous song Fuzz starts singing ("Merry, merry, holly, holly, ho-ho-ho") and visual cues like holly and jingle bells point to a clear answer, but Chaconas sidesteps any explicit mention of Christmas. "Being together makes a day special," says Fuzz after the two discover a peaceful pine tree, laden with snow and decked with lights, which is all the explanation these animals need. It'll be enough for many families, too. Ages 3 5.
