MERRY CHRISTMAS, MY DARLING DEAR

MERRY CHRISTMAS, MY DARLING DEAR by Amy Kavelaris

LAUREN'S PICK #4

First off, I just have to acknowledge the great play on words in the title!!

If you are looking for the gentle picture book that opens the door to the conversation for the real reason of Christmas - the gift of Christ- then this is your answer. Beautifully sweet and tender, a doe leads her fawn to look past all the wrappings and decorations to the story that unfolded in a stable many years ago that affects us just as greatly today. The presents are thrilling, and the decorations are a sight to behold, but the truth is they're a passing moment of flurry and fun without the message that anchors us all year long. Told in rhyming verse, Merry Christmas My Darling Dear is a moment of stillness and meaning in a season of run, run, run.