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A review by c_haakansson
The Nutcracker and Other Christmas Tales by Elizabeth Gaskell, L.M. Montgomery, Edith Houghton Hooker, Lucy Larcom, Charlotte E. Bowen, Charles Dickens, Alexandre Dumas, L. Frank Baum, Clement C. Moore, Hanna Dawe Lloyd, Mary Mapes Dodge, James Courtney Challiss, Louisa May Alcott, Arthur Upson, Georgene Faulkner, Priscilla Underwood, Carolyn Wells, Harriot Brewer Sterling, Kate Douglas Wiggin
4.0
I started reading this book just after Christmas, but maybe that's when I ought to have finished it...
My favourite poem in the whole wide world is "A Visit from St. Nicholas", and so, of course, I've already read this poem before - but it was my first time reading the other poems.
As for the stories, of course I knew the plot of "The Nutcracker" and "A Christmas Carol" (oh, poor Tiny Tim!), but I don't think I've ever read them before. But now I have, and I'm glad that I bought the book!
Every story or poem is illustrated with beautiful pictures, and it's a joy just looking at them without reading the stories (although that does add a bit to it). I'd definitely recommend this book - despite some of the pages being a bit boring... :)
My favourite poem in the whole wide world is "A Visit from St. Nicholas", and so, of course, I've already read this poem before - but it was my first time reading the other poems.
As for the stories, of course I knew the plot of "The Nutcracker" and "A Christmas Carol" (oh, poor Tiny Tim!), but I don't think I've ever read them before. But now I have, and I'm glad that I bought the book!
Every story or poem is illustrated with beautiful pictures, and it's a joy just looking at them without reading the stories (although that does add a bit to it). I'd definitely recommend this book - despite some of the pages being a bit boring... :)