A Holiday Feast for the Eyes!

The Twelve Days of Christmas By Laurel Long Prepare your family this Christmas for a jewel of a book and a feast for the eyes in Laurel Long’s luxurious, lavish and lush rendering of this well loved 1780 English carol which some say may even be French in origin. It is a sumptuous and even…

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The Holiday Spirit Reaches Even the Furthest Outposts

Lighthouse Christmas Story by Toni Buzzeo, pictures by Nancy Carpenter Some Christmas picture books have a quiet and soothing appeal. I think it comes from the combination of a wonderful story resonating on many levels coupled perfectly with pictures that help its beauty to be fully realized. Lighthouse Christmas is such a book. Somehow I…

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Celebrate Christmas and Hanukkah with these classics

“I can not live without books.” So says Thomas Jefferson’s former 1815 quote in a letter to John Adams. It rings true again today in this holiday season, where books are both anticipated and appreciated as gifts. As a former teacher and Host of Penguin Storytime my passion for books, particularly children’s books, is alive…

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