Every year we make a special Christmas eve gift box for each of our children. The box always contains a movie, a snack, a drink, a pyjama and a book or two – all items that are used Christmas eve. I can always count on Scholastic for new and exciting books to add to these boxes.
I am happy that my kids love reading and are always happy to receive new books for all occasions.
We are happy to introduce you to some of Scholastic’s books that will be a big hit this holiday season.
BABY’S FIRST TREASURY – BY BARBARA REID – AGES: 0-5
Barbara Reid’s beloved books for babies are now available in one storybook collection!
For years now, Barbara Reid’s board books have been staples in the baby and toddler library. Delighting parents and children alike, her bestselling titles have helped establish the importance of early childhood literacy, by helping parents discover the fun of reading to their young ones in their earliest stages.
This lovely hardcover collection is a true celebration of the importance of baby’s first library, and the joy of discovering Ms. Reid’s wonderful, tactile illustrations can’t be beat! This book includes four favourite board books:
Welcome, Baby
Read Me a Book
Sing a Song of Mother Goose
Zoe’s Year
MITTENS TO SHARE – BY EMIL SHER – AGES 0-6
A cozy winter read to be shared again and again.
The wonder of the winter season is brought to vivid life, in this deceptively simple tale of a young girl who loses her mitten on a crisp, snowy day. Her disappointment is soon swept away when she’s back indoors looking for a new pair, exploring the colours, and textures of an overstuffed box of family mittens. Outside again with dad, she makes an even more endearing discovery that will warm the hearts of all readers.
The spare, poetic text allows the gorgeous multi-media artwork by award-winning illustrator Irene Luxbacher, to tell a deeper story about warmth, sharing, and discovery on a crisp winter day.
GROOVY JOE: ICE CREAM & DINOSAURS – BY ERIC LITWIN – AGES: 3-5
Meet Groovy Joe, a fun-lovin’, guitar-strummin’, doggy-ice-cream-eatin’ pup as he wrangles three hungry dinosaurs and soon has them singing, grooving, and sharing!
HUNGRY BIRD – BY JEREMY TANKARD – AGES: 2-5
Do YOU ever get hangry?
Bird is hiking with his friends when his tummy rumbles. But no one packed him a snack that he likes! With every step, his hunger mounts until he collapses on the ground. How will Bird survive if he doesn’t eat the perfect something this instant?!
The hilarious, blue-feathered character who first starred in Jeremy Tankard’s high-flying debut, Grumpy Bird, returns in another laugh-out-loud melodrama. For every child who has ever needed a snack right now, and for every parent who has had to cope with a hangry, fussy child, Hungry Bird is sure to satisfy.
FOX AND SQUIRREL: THE BEST CHRISTMAS EVER – BY RUTH OHI – AGES: 2-7
Fox and Squirrel come together to make the best Christmas ever!
Fox and Squirrel are getting ready for the festive season, but they can’t seem to agree on how to celebrate. It’s only when things fall apart that they realize what really matters at Christmas time: spending the time together.
This gentle companion book to Fox and Squirrel and Fox and Squirrel Make a Friendcontinues the adventures of two lovable, but very different friends. With spare text and her expressive watercolour illustrations, Ruth Ohi delivers a heartwarming tale about the importance of friendship, and the secure feeling that it can bring.
DECK THE HALLS: A CANADIAN CHRISTMAS CAROL – BY HELAINE BECKER – AGES: 3-8
Join Canada’s favourite porcupine for a hilarious Christmas Eve party! Loons, beavers, moose and more appear, decorating, wrapping gifts, and of course, eating holiday goodies… until the big surprise is unveiled!
Helaine Becker and Werner Zimmermann create even more Christmas merriment and mayhem in this sequel to the bestselling A Porcupine in a Pine Tree and Dashing Through the Snow.
Come sing along!
SO MUCH SNOW – BY ROBERT MUNSCH – AGES: 3-8
Is it a school day? Is it pizza day? Is it a snow day? Jasmine wants it all!
Neat! Neat! Snowy feet! Snowy feet can’t be beat! Wintertime is fun!
There’s a big blizzard blowing in, but that’s not going to stop Jasmine from going to school – it’s just a little snow, and it’s pizza day, after all! But as soon as she sets out the snow starts to come down faster and faster until she finds herself frozen stiff, with just her hat poking out of a snowdrift.
Rescue comes in the form of the school custodian, who stomps out on snowshoes, yanks her out, pulls her inside and figures out how to get her thawed. But on the way to her class they notice that the school is empty – the principal has declared a snow day! Which is always great news . . . but how is Jasmine going to get her pizza?
KING BABY – BY KATE BEATON – AGES: 4-8
A laugh-out-loud new picture book from The Princess and the Pony author, Kate Beaton!
All hail King Baby! He greets his adoring public with giggles and wiggles and coos, posing for photos and allowing hugs and kisses. But this royal ruler also has many demands, and when his subjects can’t quite keep up, King Baby takes matters into his own tiny hands.
A modern, funny, and (let’s be honest) realistic take on life with a new baby, and the perfect gift for anyone with an adorable little ruler in their life.
These are just a handful of Scholastic books that we recommend. There are so many other great one
What Scholastic books would you recommend?