The Twelve Days of Christmas: A Christmas Holiday Book for Kids

A refreshing take on The Twelve Days of Christmas. Highly detailed and humorous pictures throughout.Expect to spend many fun-filled moments poring over the illustrations seeking and counting the "gifts" the hapless family receives. You just never know where those four calling birds might turn up! Recommended!

I love the book and illustrations. What I did not appreciate was one book (n.nametter) had damage not mentioned on it's description to all parts of the book, plus it was moldy on the back cover and pages. It had a musty, moldy smell and appeared to have been water-damaged. I lost money on shipping and time as someone was not very honest about their product. The second book arrived as described and I enjoyed it.

Love this book so much.....remember it from.my childhood but it was water damaged! That was not in the descriptuon. Was dissappointed that for $25 it wasnt in the description.

Beautiful rendition and I LOVE Susan Jeffers. Her art is lifelike, warm, cheerful and tieless.Every child and adult will be drawn in.

I love the illustrations!

Susan Jeffers offers up her trademark lush illustrations in this dreamy re-imagining of a classic tune. With its soft hues and dreamy feel, this is certainly a good bedtime read. When Emma accidently breaks her new snow globe (featuring a partridge in a pear tree), she goes to sleep that night and dreams that Santa comes and takes her on a sleigh ride, gifting her with all the items in the song and fixing her broken globe. When she wakes up on Christmas morning she finds her globe fixed and is left to wonder if it was a dream or was it real.The illustrations are the star here, and while their heavily stylized nature and dreamy edges are not to my taste, the artist has included enough detail to ensure that kids will want to review them again and again. The extra story appended to the front and back of the song serves a purpose but doesn't offer up much new, and there is no provision for the cumulative nature of the song itself. This is a dreamy look at this classic, with a nostalgic feel that makes it best served for one on one sharing. If you are looking for a version for group sharing, search for one that is a bit livelier. This is still an excellent purchase for personal collectors looking for a classic addition to their holiday library.

I'm stuck between 4 or 5 stars. I read an advanced copy and love it. I this one and her former The Nutcracker to join our Christmas shelf! Glittery textured covers are a powerful magnet for me as well as my little girls and this book is enchanting. It takes an eager little girl a music snow globe and imagination on an enchanting ride with Santa through the lyrics of the twelve days of Christmas. This is unique to other classic juvenile picture books that have told the story of the song and I truly adore this version with it's English-American influence.I received this product free for the purpose of reviewing it. I received no other compensation for this review. The opinions expressed in this review are my personal, honest opinions. Your experience may vary. Please read my full disclosure policy for more details

The illustrations are truly stunning in this book. The water-colour-and-ink creations paint holiday magic on every page. The artwork is magical, whimsical and sparkles. The original Christmas song is an accumulative one which means the verses build one on top of another. Jeffers takes this familiar carol and makes it into a story with the song tucked inside and she changes the lyrics,"My true love gave to me," to "Santa gave to me." Emma, our narrator, is up later than she should be on Christmas Eve and she pokes around the tree until she finds a gift addressed to her from Santa. She carefully opens it up and discovers a beautiful, musical snow globe that plays the music for "The Twelve Days of Christmas." She is so pleased and excited and in her enthusiastic joy she stumbles and the snow globe drops and cracks. She is heartbroken and very upset. She cradles the fragile, broken globe in her arms, curls up in her favourite chair and instantly falls asleep. Santa comes and whisks her away in his sleigh and they observe the gifts of the song on their travels to the North Pole. The twelve pipers piping announce Santa's arrival at his homestead and Emma and he enter, walk through his workshop and sit down in his room to sip cocoa and eat cookies together. He asks Emma if she needs to share anything with him and she slowly hands over the her broken music box with an explanation of how it got that way. She once again drifts off to sleep snuggled in Santa's arm chair and dreams that the reindeer are flying her through the air and back home.On Christmas morning Emma wakes up to find a true Christmas miracle and she is very thankful and happy to know that all is well, and that her beloved gift that "Santa gave to me' has been restored.

One of the best, and funniest, books about the 12 Days of Christmas!

This is a beautiful book. My children loved it. Its a great addition to our library.