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Everything I Need to Know About Christmas I Learned From a Little Golden Book by Diane Muldrow
ketutar's review
1.0
This was a huge disappointment.
I was expecting a wise and witty guide to the holidays.
I was expecting to be delighted.
I was expecting to have my holiday cheer maintained.
Nope. Didn't happen.
Some of the Little Golden Book illustrations were wonderful, but the text felt forced and preppy and perky and... so fake. It was a bit like they had a general idea of what they wanted to say, and then just found images that fit the thought somewhat, but that wasn't enough, so they filled it with Christmassy images and something that might fit if shoehorned a little, and then write something to go with the images. I didn't count, but I have the memory that about 1/4 of the images were actually Christmassy and relevant. (And now I kind of want to go back and count :-D)
It was like reading a Christmas-themed Cyrano de Bergerac death scene. The text was going one way and started ebbing out, so Diane went back to the beginning and started over, repeated herself, and it went on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and LET THE MAN DIE FOR GOODNESS' SAKE!!!
Oh, and don't forget that this is a Christian-themed book, so when Diane had said all they wanted to say about Christmas as they saw it (cleaning and stress and chores and "don't stress!"), she started talking about Jesus. All the same old cliches.
I was expecting a wise and witty guide to the holidays.
I was expecting to be delighted.
I was expecting to have my holiday cheer maintained.
Nope. Didn't happen.
Some of the Little Golden Book illustrations were wonderful, but the text felt forced and preppy and perky and... so fake. It was a bit like they had a general idea of what they wanted to say, and then just found images that fit the thought somewhat, but that wasn't enough, so they filled it with Christmassy images and something that might fit if shoehorned a little, and then write something to go with the images. I didn't count, but I have the memory that about 1/4 of the images were actually Christmassy and relevant. (And now I kind of want to go back and count :-D)
It was like reading a Christmas-themed Cyrano de Bergerac death scene. The text was going one way and started ebbing out, so Diane went back to the beginning and started over, repeated herself, and it went on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and LET THE MAN DIE FOR GOODNESS' SAKE!!!
Oh, and don't forget that this is a Christian-themed book, so when Diane had said all they wanted to say about Christmas as they saw it (cleaning and stress and chores and "don't stress!"), she started talking about Jesus. All the same old cliches.
misspippireads's review
4.0
Pause for a moment and take in a Little Golden Book memory with this quick read focusing on the crazy, wonderful, happy holiday that is Christmas.
Reviewed from a library copy.
Reviewed from a library copy.
rdyourbookcase's review
3.0
This was a great idea. I loved seeing where all of the illustrations came from. However, it was definitely for adults. It was a bit long and seemed a bit random. It didn’t flow from one thing to another very well.
erin_oriordan_is_reading_again's review
4.0
Adorable pictures - some I remember from my childhood, some that were from before my time. A delight for all ages!
vampar's review
4.0
Cute. I loved that all of the illustrations were directly from the old Little Golden Books.
alittlebithopeful's review
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
3.0
elizabethgreads's review
3.0
It was very nostalgic of reading many Little Golden Books during my childhood. I loved the illustrations from some of the classic stories. This book gives you all the warm and fuzzy Christmas feelings. It would make a good secret Santa gift for someone. Not much complaints there’s just not much of a story.
thisfoxreads's review
3.0
The joy in this is seeing some of your favorite images from those books we all read as kids. Good thing the price is--relative to regular books--similarly lower. Cute, but then this one gets regifted or given to the local used book store.