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We Love Christmas!

A Merry Book of Colors

Author Patricia Hegarty
Illustrated by Lucy Barnard
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Board Book
$6.99 US
Tiger Tales
7.82"W x 7.76"H x 0.63"D  
On sale Sep 07, 2021 | 20 Pages | 9781664350021
Up to Kindergarten
Reading Level: Lexile AD400L
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From a sparkling green tree to Santa's jolly red coat, there are so many colors to see at Christmas!

Snow is falling on the ground;
the colors of Christmas are all around.

From a sparkling green tree to Santa's jolly red coat, there are so many colors to see at Christmas! Learning becomes festive fun with this bright board book.
Patricia Hegarty began working in children's publishing more years ago than she cares to remember! As an editor she has worked on titles ranging from atlases to animal pop-ups, craft kits to crazy mazes, and sticker books to secret diaries.

Lucy Barnard lives in Manchester, England with her husband and two children. After completing her art foundation course in Cheltenham and her illustration degree in Exeter she worked at various publishing companies in London before becoming a freelance illustrator. She has worked for many years with acrylic paint and pencils but recently adapted her illustration style and now works digitally. As well as illustrating for others she also writes and illustrates her own stories, quite often inspired by her children.
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A Christmas-themed color-recognition board book.

This rhyming story points out all of the different colors of the Christmas season: the “dazzling white” of a snowman and the iconic red worn by “Santa in his sled,” for example. The holiday theme is largely a vehicle for color-identification practice, and the rhymes generally keep the pace going (even if they do force the use of sledinstead of sleigh). Some of the phrasing reads aloud awkwardly, but it’s a mild interruption. Barnard’s illustrations include characters of many different racial presentations, though Santa appears White. Additionally, there are lots of lovely details, like the candy jars in a store window filled with meticulously detailed sweets or the miniature silhouette of Santa and his reindeer flying across the moon while children get ready for bed. A particularly beautiful scene shows St. Nick soaring over rooftops, the red of his sleigh bright against the black night sky. The illustrations are more interesting than the text, offering much more to take in than simply the color identification. This gives it a repeat-read boost for the toddler crowd, as there is more than one way to read, talk about, and engage with the book.

The illustrations make this a worthwhile read. (Board book. 6 mos.-2)--Kirkus
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From a sparkling green tree to Santa's jolly red coat, there are so many colors to see at Christmas!

Snow is falling on the ground;
the colors of Christmas are all around.

From a sparkling green tree to Santa's jolly red coat, there are so many colors to see at Christmas! Learning becomes festive fun with this bright board book.

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Patricia Hegarty began working in children's publishing more years ago than she cares to remember! As an editor she has worked on titles ranging from atlases to animal pop-ups, craft kits to crazy mazes, and sticker books to secret diaries.

Lucy Barnard lives in Manchester, England with her husband and two children. After completing her art foundation course in Cheltenham and her illustration degree in Exeter she worked at various publishing companies in London before becoming a freelance illustrator. She has worked for many years with acrylic paint and pencils but recently adapted her illustration style and now works digitally. As well as illustrating for others she also writes and illustrates her own stories, quite often inspired by her children.
Patricia Hegarty View titles by Patricia Hegarty
Lucy Barnard View titles by Lucy Barnard

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A Christmas-themed color-recognition board book.

This rhyming story points out all of the different colors of the Christmas season: the “dazzling white” of a snowman and the iconic red worn by “Santa in his sled,” for example. The holiday theme is largely a vehicle for color-identification practice, and the rhymes generally keep the pace going (even if they do force the use of sledinstead of sleigh). Some of the phrasing reads aloud awkwardly, but it’s a mild interruption. Barnard’s illustrations include characters of many different racial presentations, though Santa appears White. Additionally, there are lots of lovely details, like the candy jars in a store window filled with meticulously detailed sweets or the miniature silhouette of Santa and his reindeer flying across the moon while children get ready for bed. A particularly beautiful scene shows St. Nick soaring over rooftops, the red of his sleigh bright against the black night sky. The illustrations are more interesting than the text, offering much more to take in than simply the color identification. This gives it a repeat-read boost for the toddler crowd, as there is more than one way to read, talk about, and engage with the book.

The illustrations make this a worthwhile read. (Board book. 6 mos.-2)--Kirkus

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