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Review RTF ѻ Maisy's Christmas Tree by Lucy Cousins eBook Online

Maisy's Christmas Tree What better treat to tuck in a stocking than this sweet Maisy board book shaped like a Christmas tree?Today Maisy and her pals are decorating the Christmas tree! There are lights to string, ornaments to hang, candy canes to put up, a

TITLE:Maisy's Christmas Tree
AUTHOR:Lucy Cousins
RATING:4.62 (189 Votes)
ASIN:0763674575
FORMAT TYPE:Board book
PAGES:16 Pages
PUBLISH:2014-09-09
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Maisy's Christmas Tree

Maisy's Christmas Tree

What better treat to tuck in a stocking than this sweet Maisy board book shaped like a Christmas tree?Today Maisy and her pals are decorating the Christmas tree! There are lights to string, ornaments to hang, candy canes to put up, and an angel to place at the very top. After wrapping presents, it’s time to sing Christmas carols around the tree. Merry Christmas to Maisy and all her friends!

EDITORIAL :

From School Library Journal PreS—The little mouse and her animal friends decorate a Christmas tree together in this colorful book that has a scalloped edge suggestive of an evergreen's shape. The boldly outlined characters perform one simple task on each page. This is a happy, nonreligious story composed of simple sentences that flow nicely and lead logically to the festive gathering of singing friends around the tree. And, oh!—the angel on top looks very much like Maisy.—Linda Israelson, Los Angeles Public Library

REVIEW :

There are other non-Asian and even Eurasian characters as well as one Afro-Asian character in an earlier volume, which provides a "diverse" look at Japan and Japanese culture.

Readers are treated to aspects of Japanese culture, such as foods and sources of entertainment. I think it could be expanded into a much larger book, as long as more care is taken to do things right.. I also found the Shakespeare bits to feel forced, throwing me out of the suspension of disbelief needed for SFF. It is little wonder the Aussies respected the VC and NVA as worthy enemies, and disrespected the Americans as being badly trained. I love how challenging and intricate the designs are. A big disappointment. And Albert's book is so turgid and repetitive that you arguably get a clearer picture of the parecon system (and of the various criticisms of the model) from Hahnel's one chapter on the subjec

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