Monday, June 5, 2023

Christmas Picture Book Review: Jingle Bells and Deck the Halls by Veronica Vasylenko

 


Two beloved wintertime songs have been added to pictures thanks to Tiger Tales Books and talented artist Veronica Vasylenko.

The mouse family is celebrating taking a wintertime sleigh ride as they pack up the adults and the children in their "one-horse open sleigh." Over the hills they go, bells jingling on the horse's tail, playing their instruments, and arriving at Grandma and Grandpa's house.

In this beautifully illustrated padded board book, Jingle Bells the song comes alive in a new way. The glitter varnish on the cover and inside pages gives it a wintery glow that will captivate young readers ages 2- 5.


The mouse family returns in Deck the Halls, where they are getting ready for Christmas by decorating the tree, sitting around the Yule log, baking treats, and entertaining friends. Like Jingle Bells, Vasylenko has captured the joys of the season with her little mouse family. With lights and door jambs decorated with holly leaves, and holly berries adorning the walls, there is so much for young readers to enjoy.

These books are quick reads that will be fun to read aloud and sing aloud. They would make great story time books. I like that they remained consistent between the two books, formatting them the same, using the same font on each, and using the glitter varnish on each padded board book. These are definitely books you and your kids can enjoy all season long!

  • Publisher: Tiger Tales
  • ISBN-10:1589258215
  • ISBN-13: 978-1589258211
  • SRP:  $8.95
  • Publisher: Tiger Tales
  • ISBN-10:1589258681
  • ISBN-13: 978-1589258686
  • SRP:  $8.95
I received FREE copies of these book from the publisher in exchange for my honest opinions. I received no monetary compensation of any kind to provide this review.

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