Pieces of Christmas

By Teri Sloat

Christmas poems bearing wishes for peace throughout the world "When Santa returns from making his rounds, The letters he's answered lie drifted in mounds. He calls the North Wind to blow them around, And pieces of Christmas come swirling down." Each of the stamps on the letters to Santa paint a different, enchanting picture of holiday spirit all over the world. Crocodiles stop at crocodilian cookie shops and javelinas hop at a jingling jamboree! In these fanciful verses, animals from Africa to Antarctica celebrate Christmas in their own very special ways.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805063552
• ISBN13: 9780805063554
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

A JOLLLY CHRISTMAS RHYMING BOOK

The Christmas pieces in Teri Sloat's imaginatively conceived rhyming tale are the stamps on letters to Santa Claus sent from all over the world. It is through these stamps that readers are introduced to different cultures and climes. A lizard sends good wishes, and wildebeests dance; holidays are observed on mountaintops and in Antarctica. Each stamp from a faraway place reminds us that we are united in joy at this time of year. Then, when Santa's rounds are complete we find "Santa sleeps `neath a quilt and a blanket of down. He dreams of a world that sleeps safe and sound With a feeling of peace all the year round, While pieces of Christmas cover the ground." Recommended for ages 4 - 8. - Gail Cooke

AN IMAGINATIVE CHRISTMAS RHYMING TALE

The Christmas pieces in Teri Sloat's imaginatively conceived rhyming tale are the stamps on letters to Santa Claus sent from all over the world. It is through these stamps that readers are introduced to different cultures and climes. A lizard sends good wishes, and wildebeests dance; holidays are observed on mountaintops and in Antarctica. Each stamp from a faraway place reminds us that we are united in joy at this time of year. Then, when Santa's rounds are complete we find "Santa sleeps `neath a quilt and a blanket of down. He dreams of a world that sleeps safe and sound With a feeling of peace all the year round, While pieces of Christmas cover the ground...