The 12 Days of Christmas
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
In this bright, funny rendition of a favorite Christmas song, three-time Geisel-recipient Greg Pizzoli celebrates the cheerful chaos of holiday gift-giving!
It's holiday time -- and at first, Elephant is delighted to get a gift. But as the twelve days of Christmas continue, presents pile precariously higher and higher! A partridge in a pear tree? Cute! But soon, Elephant's dad despairs. Two turtle doves? THREE French hens?! And just what are they supposed to do with ten lords a-leaping? Kids will love each silly spread in this raucous take on the classic carol that is perfect for reading aloud around the fireplace.
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A classic carol gets a dose of reality as Pizzoli (Good Night Owl) pokes fun at the material excess of the holidays. The gift giving starts small as a young elephant receives a partridge in a pear tree, delivered by an elephant wearing a Santa hat (an older sibling, perhaps). The elephant is delighted, but as additional gifts arrive hens, geese, dancing cats, leaping frogs, and more its parent reacts to the growing household chaos with a mix of bewilderment, disapproval, and anger. "Phew!" the adult elephant sighs, clutching a bag of bulk birdseed during the (brief) reprieve of "five golden rings." The parental elephant's frustration crescendos and gives way to tears, but a group hug sets everything right and a closing shot of a fireplace blanketed with stockings suggests that these "gifts" have quickly become family. An irresistible read-aloud. Ages 3 5.
