Bookscape Board Books

by Ingela P. Arrhenius (Illustrator)

Overview

Explore a festive winter wonderland with this enchanting addition to the Bookscape Board Books series!

Christmas Cheer festively depicts the colorful, dynamic scenes of Christmas time—from caroling to baking, building a snowman to decorating the tree, and more.

Each uniquely shaped page overlaps with the next to create a complete landscape when closed—and an immersive world to explore with each turn of the page when open.

• Delightfully petite and chunky board book
• Begs to be picked up thanks to its tactile, toy-like quality
• Filled with simple concept-based text and bright, jubilant illustrations

With each turn of a page, step deeper into the magic and spirit of the Christmas season.

This one-of-a-kind format—complete with art by celebrated illustrator Ingela Arrhenius—is a celebration of a winter wonderland.

• A great Christmas gift for new parents, grandparents, and caregivers, or for a winter baby shower or birthday
• Kids love the sturdy, toy-like quality of these shaped books.
• Perfect for those who adored Santa's Workshop: Christmas Lift-a-Flap Board Book by Holly Berry-Byrd; Oh, Christmas Tree!: Children's Board Book by Holly Berry-Byrd; and All Aboard! The Christmas Train by Nichole Mara.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781452174914
Publisher:	Chronicle Books
Publication date:	09/29/2020
Series:	Bookscape Board Books Series
Pages:	10
Product dimensions:	4.60(w) x 7.40(h) x 1.20(d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 3 Years

About the Author

Ingela Arrhenius is an illustrator and graphic designer with a naive style and love for '50s and '60s design. She lives in Stockholm, Sweden.

Editorial Reviews

2020-11-27
Christmas revelries are presented on shaped pages in this French import.

In this “bookscape,” thick board pages form the shapes of: two families making cookies (one on each side of the page), two snow-covered cottages (ditto), a winter landscape featuring animals and snowmen, and, finally, a Christmas tree with a star on top. Terse, forgettable (and uncredited) text is sprinkled throughout, but it is more pro forma than necessary. The droll art in gentle colors employs simple shapes and clean lines. The people, who look like they could be iced Christmas cookies themselves, range in skin color from pink to beige and do not seem to be very diverse. There are a couple of clever moments for the sharp-eyed: A squirrel steals a carrot off a snowman, and a red-nosed reindeer makes an appearance. Safety-conscious adults may wonder why lit candles are being used to decorate the tree or a child is eating cookie dough off a spoon. While the spine is truncated to accommodate the overlapping, shaped pages, the extra-thick pages make it relatively sturdy. While it may physically survive more than one season, however, the slight content doesn’t encourage holiday rereading.

Attractive—but as ephemeral as a Christmas card. (Board book. 1-3)

Kirkus Reviews