Chapter 2: Favorite Christmas Children's Books

In this chapter, we spend some time reminiscing about bookish childhood Christmas memories.  Then we dive into a pile of favorite Christmas picture books.  Unfortunately, because of the length of the episode, we don't take time to discuss our current reads.  We'll spend more time in Chapter 3 on that topic.  Stephany was really on the struggle bus this week - sore throat, mistaking Clyde for Claude, and stating Jolabokaflod was celebrated on December 26.  She'll definitely have her act together in the next Chapter.

Julia's Books:

• The Last Straw by Frederick Thury, illustrated by Vlasta van Kampen
• The Nativity  illustrated by Julie Vivas
• Spirit Child: A Story of the Nativity by John Bierhorst, illustrated by Barbara Cooney 
• The Story of Christmas by Geraldine McCaughrean, illustrated by Helen Ward 
• The Runaway Christmas Train by Linda Hayward, illustrated y Loretta Krupinski
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Suess
•  Why Christmas Trees Aren't Perfect by Richard H. Schneider, illustrated by Elizabeth J. Miles

Stephany's Books:

• The Friendly Beasts by by Karen Blumen, illustrated by  John Blumen
• Who is Coming to Our House? by Joseph Slate, illustrated by Ashley Wolff 
• The First Night by B. G. Hennessy with paintings by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher
• The Crippled Lamb by Max Lucado, illustrated by Liz Bonham
• Claude the Dog written and illustratedby Dick Gackenback
• Who's That Knocking on Christmas Eve?  written and illustrated by Jan Brett
• The Polar Express by Chris van Allsberg

Other mentions:

• Longwood Gardens
• The Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore
• The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Roinson 
• Birth of Jesus Christmas album (John Michael Talbot, musician) 
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966 cartoon)
• The Grinch  (2018 Illumination Entertainment movie)
• The Nutcracker written and illustrated Jan
• Jolabokaflod  (December 24, not December 26 as Stephany stated in the show)
• Book Advent Calendar tutorial

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