Christmas Street - by Jonathan Emmett (Board Book)

This adorable book takes place on Christmas Street—a cute village that has flaps that open. Inside them will be found residents busy with different Christmas tasks such as decorating the tree, making gingerbread or present shopping. Additionally, each flap shows a letter of the alphabet that has a Christmas theme. As the reader goes down Christmas Street, another building folds out until the book becomes over eight feet long! Besides being something to read, this book can stand up on its own, and even become a decoration. Children will be amazed to have a book that is this big, along with all the fun flaps to open. The members of the village are cute animals such as reindeer, bears and even giraffes. The illustrator, Ingela P. Arrhenius, made the pictures brightly colored and endearing. Little ones through five-years old will love this lift-the-flap board book. They will enjoy the many surprises under the flaps, the book's ability to grow, along with the way it can be set up when opened. This sturdy book is sure to last a long time, and I highly recommend it! Candlewick Press has provided Tickmenot with a complimentary copy of, Christmas Street, for the purpose of review.

This is an absolutely charming, fun alphabet book focusing on Christmas. It is a fold-out book and as it expands it creates a street scene. On each page there are 2 lift-the-flaps that reveal a line of the lilting poem. Nice rhyming and cadence. The illustrations are absolutely delightful. Cute. Lively. Lots of treasures to find in the pictures. The reverse of the fold-out-street scene is a lively snow scene where the children can formulate their own story telling. A delightful book that has a ribbon closure tie to hold it all together. I received a complimentary copy from the publisher. Opinions are mine alone and are freely given.