- Hardcover: 32 pages
- Publisher: Wayland (30 April 1995)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0750004231
- ISBN-13: 978-0750004237
- Product Dimensions: 14.2 x 11.8 x 0.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,039,560 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me". This is a new edition of the classic Christmas poem.
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Format:Paperback
Jan Brett's illustrations are so beautiful. I love this version of the classic Christmas song. And there are a couple of stories to follow with the illustrations in the centre of each page and illustrations in the frames. I wasn't as crazy about her Night Before Christmas (where her illustrations don't match the words of the story which I and my children found off-putting), but this is a gem.
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37 of 39 people found the following review helpful
Nice pictures, but...
1 April 2003
Format:Hardcover
I bought this book because 'The Twelve Days of Christmas' is one of my son's favorite songs. I love the illustrations, they're beautifully done. However, the order of the lines appears to be an older form (and somewhat less standard now). The way I've always heard it sung was 12 drummers drumming, 11 pipers piping, 10 lords a-leaping, 9 ladies dancing... this book has the lords and ladies first, then the drummers and the pipers. I realize that this sounds like a funny gripe, but little kids can get really focused on something being in the 'right' order and since this version is going to differ from the way kids hear it sung, it has the potential to bug them.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
A favorite Childrens Book
22 Nov 2003
Format:Paperback
This was one of my favorite books growing up. I, like almost all children loved christmas and this book brings back so many memories for me of Christmas' past. I can remember sitting and just marveling at the illustrations of the book. There are so many differnet things going on in each page that I could literally sit for an hour just going through the different scenes. There is of course the famous christmas carol progressing beautifully through the center frame of each page, but along the sides there is the story of a young husband and wife cutting down a christmas tree and having a beautiful 19th century christmas celebration with their two children. And on each page there is also the phrase "Merry Christmas" in (I think) 12 different languages.
I truly loved this book as a child, and even now as an adult (I'm 20). I'm writing this review from memory, if that shows how much of an impact this book had on me.
I truly loved this book as a child, and even now as an adult (I'm 20). I'm writing this review from memory, if that shows how much of an impact this book had on me.
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Wonderful illustrations!
25 May 2000
Format:Hardcover
I enjoyed reading this book and Jan Brett's illustrations were beautiful! I liked learning how to say Merry Christmas in many different languages. This is one of Brett's most colorful and actively illustrated works.
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