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Overview
The twelve updated and completely redesigned books in this series are each devoted to a month of the year. Featuring vibrant new photographs and fascinating facts, they cover the number of days, the season, the weather, holidays, and special events that happen for each month. Each book also addresses how weather varies each month for different parts of the country.
An introduction to some of the characteristics, events, and activities of the month of December.
Synopsis
The twelve updated and completely redesigned books in this series are each devoted to a month of the year. Featuring vibrant new photographs and fascinating facts, they cover the number of days, the season, the weather, holidays, and special events that happen for each month. Each book also addresses how weather varies each month for different parts of the country.
Marilyn Courtot - Children's Literature
As with the other books in the "Months of the Year" series, Brode introduces young readers to some of the characteristics, events and activities in the month of December. First, readers learn that it is the twelfth month of the year and that it has 31 days. December brings the end of autumn and the start of winter on the 21st and the shortest days of the year. In some parts of the country, snow starts to fall in December and it is a month when there may be a break from school. Several holidays are celebrated in December such as Hanukkah, Christmas and Kwanzaa. It may be an occasion for gift giving, but the real partying is usually reserved for December 31st, which is New Year's Eve and the last day of the year. The month of December is followed by January, and the cycling through the twelve months begins all over again. Throughout the text, there are pages of full-color photographs showing kids engaged in many of the activities described. A calendar showing the months of the year and the seasons wraps up the text. Some of the pages have rhetorical questions, which, rather than making it interactive, take away from the book. There is a three-word glossary. 2003, Weekly Reader,
Editorials
Children's Literature
As with the other books in the "Months of the Year" series, Brode introduces young readers to some of the characteristics, events and activities in the month of December. First, readers learn that it is the twelfth month of the year and that it has 31 days. December brings the end of autumn and the start of winter on the 21st and the shortest days of the year. In some parts of the country, snow starts to fall in December and it is a month when there may be a break from school. Several holidays are celebrated in December such as Hanukkah, Christmas and Kwanzaa. It may be an occasion for gift giving, but the real partying is usually reserved for December 31st, which is New Year's Eve and the last day of the year. The month of December is followed by January, and the cycling through the twelve months begins all over again. Throughout the text, there are pages of full-color photographs showing kids engaged in many of the activities described. A calendar showing the months of the year and the seasons wraps up the text. Some of the pages have rhetorical questions, which, rather than making it interactive, take away from the book. There is a three-word glossary. 2003, Weekly Reader,— Marilyn Courtot