Archive for December 2017

A Bookish Christmas: A book cover that has a wonderfully Christmas feel to it #BlogHop

Welcome to my stop on the A Bookish Christmas Blog Hop. Today's question is A book cover that has a wonderfully Christmas feel to it.

A Bookish Christmas: A book cover that has a wonderfully Christmas feel to it.

When I think of Christmas books the first one that springs to mind is The Night Before Christmas by Clemente C. Moore. My family would read it together every Christmas Eve when I was growing up and it's a tradition I do with my own kids too. There are so many different versions of this book, some being text only, others being elaborately illustrated. I personally prefer the illustrated versions.

Here's what the rest of the blog hop team had to say:

Belinda Bekkers

www.BelindaBekkers.com

Bookishly has released a wonderful exclusive cover for A Christmas Carol that I’m crushing on. I might indulge once I’ve finished the Christmas shopping.

Laurie Lucking

www.landsuncharted.com

A Match of Sorts by Lucette Nel just released on December 1st and I love the cover! The ornaments, bow, and snow-covered chapel give it the perfect Christmas feel.

Skye Hegyes

www.skyehegyes.com

Dinosaurs have always been a big hit with my family. Check out the new Jurassic World movie, eh? So, last year, we discovered The Dinosaurs’ Night Before Christmas by Anne Muecke. It was a cute children’s book combining the classic tale with a new dino twist, and it was awesome. Definitely one I’d like to get and read again.

Leslie Conzatti

www.upstreamwriter.blogspot.com

Since the first few books that struck me as having the “elegant, holiday, wintery” kind of aesthetic were ones that had nothing to do with Christmas, I’m going to have to go with Hercule Poirot’s Christmas by Agatha Christie. I absolutely love the Belgian detective, and the story has all of the characteristic scandals and murder and ulterior motives that can only happen in a holiday spectacular brought to you from the Queen of Mystery herself!

Make sure you follow along with the other posts in this blog hop and join in the bookish Christmas fun. You can find the whole schedule here.

As some of you know, I run a Facebook group called Bookish Blog Hops where I organise blog hops for book lovers. It's a fun way to collaborate together to reach a bigger audience, and spread the love of books.You can find the group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/127759384464964/

From 10th-16th December 2017 we'll be doing the A Bookish Christmas Blog Hop. Each day participants will be hosted on a different blog where they share their answers to the bookish question of the day.

This is the schedule:

10th A book you love so much you want everyone to find under their Christmas tree this year so they can read it too.

Host: Belinda Bekkers http://belindabekkers.com/2017/12/10/book-everyone-bookish-christmas-blog-hop/

11th A book cover that has a wonderfully Christmas feel to it.

Host: Jo Linsdell http://www.jolinsdell.com/2017/12/a-bookish-christmas-book-cover-that-has.html

12th A book you’d like to find in your Christmas stocking this year.

Host: Leslie Conzatti http://upstreamwriter.blogspot.it/2017/12/have-yourself-bookish-little-christmas_11.html

13th A fictional character you’d like to spend Christmas with.

Host: Casia Schreyer
https://casiaschreyer.wordpress.com/2017/12/13/bookish-christmas-blog-hop/

14th A fictional character you’d like to kiss under the mistletoe.

Host: Laurie Lucking http://www.landsuncharted.com/2017/12/under-mistletoe-bookish-christmas-blog.html

15th A fictional creature to replace Rudolph and meet on the roof.

Host: Angela Guidolin https://www.angelaguidolinauthor.co.uk/blog/a-bookish-christmas-blog-hop-a-fictional-creature-to-replace-rudolph-and-meet-on-the-roof

16th 5 fictional characters you’d invite to your New Year’s Eve party

Host: Skye Hegyes https://skyehegyes.com/2017/12/16/0084/

It's always so much fun to see everyone's answers. I hope you'll follow along, and maybe even join in the next blog hop with us ;)

#FreeRead: Grab Your Copy of The Box! 7th & 8th Dec 2017 #Kidlit

My children's picture book The Box is available for free kindle download from all Amazon sites on 7th and 8th December. I hope you'll take advantage of this special offer to grab a copy, and encourage you to add it to your Goodreads shelves. I also love to hear your feedback so please post a quick review to Amazon and/or Goodreads once you've read it.

"Because a box is just a box, except when it's not."
Join in the creative fun as a little boy explains why his box is his favourite toy.

The Box took me right back to my childhood and my children's childhood. Now, I can read it to my grandchildren and tell them how I played with a box and how their Mom or Dad did. Jo Linsdell has written a fun book with illustrations that will touch your heart and take you back in time. It has just the right number of words and sentences to connect to your toddler's imagination and stay within their attentive span. When I get a new book for the grandchildren I often bring something to go with it like seeds and a shovel for a book about a garden. How neat is this. I will only need to find a discarded box! Imagination is a wonderful thing to promote. This really does deserve 5 stars. Fran Touchette

I loved this book! The Box by Jo Linsdell has all the makings of a favorite children's book: simple,imaginative and fun. I wish I had this book when my boy was a toddler, but there are others in my life who are going to enjoy seeing all the creative things they can do with a box. And then, I'm sure, they will want to immediately read the book again! Congratulations to Jo Linsdell on a very lovely book. JDB

What an adorable book! A great way to inspire kids to be creative with something basic. Whimsical font choice and fun illustrations make this a treat for the parent as well. Sarah Wright

Jo Linsdell is a genius. The Box, is a delightful little book and fun to read to little ones. The story is simply done, with just the right amount of text and the illustrations add to it perfectly. My youngest child clients absolutely love it. It's so much fun to read about all the imaginative activities a child could do with a box. (And to think an adult wrote this!) After the story ends I encourage kids to think up more ways to use a box...."Because a box is just a box, except when it's not." This is a wonderful book and I highly recommend it. Susie Caron

The most expensive toy will never match up with a simple large box. Ms. Linsdell does an awesome job with this fun and simple children's picture book that brought back nostalgic memories for me. A box holds so many possibilities and the imagination is endless! :)
The artwork is beautiful, clear and engaging for both a child and the adult reading the story. I really enjoy the clean simplicity. A great book for that special boy who will always remember the fun he had with a simple box! This is a great indoor/rainy day or outdoor fun story! Works all around! :) Denise Bolds

What I’ve always loved about Linsdell’s children’s books is their simplicity and creativity. As a mom, she knows what young readers are looking for. She proves this once again with The Box. How often do parents joke that we buy our kids a bunch of toys for their birthday and they end up playing with the boxes? Linsdell truly gets into the heart of a child with this one. The adorable illustrations keep the reader focused on the boy and his magic box that he can transform into anything. cheryl c malandrinos

The text, illustrations, and the theme of the book is simplicity at its best. It is not complicated, fancy, or hard to understand. The book shares the creative possibilities of taking a simple cardboard box and using imagination to let it become an endless array of possibilities to entertain and amuse young children. The thought struck me as I read it how things in life need to be simplified to the basics. A great book for adults to share with young children Azur