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This month, warm up with a hot beverage and a good book! These holiday reads available at Montgomery County Public Libraries will put you in the spirit of the season\u2014no matter what you celebrate.<\/p>\n
\u201cLittle Red Ruthie: a Hanukkah Tale\u201d by Gloria Koster, illustrated by Sue Eastland \nA hungry wolf wants to eat Little Red Ruthie! But why not wait until she\u2019s full from eight days of eating Bubbe Basha\u2019s latkes? And why not sample some latkes himself? A little girl who\u2019s brave like the Maccabees fools a greedy wolf in this Hanukkah take on Little Red Riding Hood.<\/p>\nProvided Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\u201cA Sled for Gabo\u201d \nby Emma Otheguy, illustrated by Ana Ramirez Gonzalez \nIn a sea of pale blue-and-white winter books, \u201cA Sled for Gabo\u201d glows warm and bright. Like in Ezra Jack Keats\u2019 \u201cSnowy Day,\u201d the red-orange city sky and colorful houses provide a cheerful backdrop to a boy exploring his neighborhood-turned-winter-wonderland. Kind English-and-Spanish speaking family and neighbors help Gabo navigate his winter adventure with bags over sneakers for boots, Dad\u2019s hat, an unexpected sled and multiple paths for a boy feeling shy to make a friend.<\/p>\nProvided Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\u201cA Big Bed for Little Snow\u201d by Grace Lin \nThe look on Mommy\u2019s face says it all. She\u2019s telling Little Snow, \u201cThis bed is for sleeping, not jumping,\u201d but she knows what\u2019s going to happen. A snowflake pajama-clad little boy jumps and jumps and jumps to an end that is as predicted, but still surprising.<\/p>\nProvided Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\u201cThe Christmas Cat\u201d by Maryann Macdonald, illustrated by Amy June Bates \n\u201cJesus was beautiful, like all babies. And like all babies, he cried.\u201d \nHave you ever seen an illustration of the nativity story where Mary and Joseph are at all ruffled at the demands of having a newborn? They are in this book. You just want to hug them. They are trying so hard. But it takes an irrepressible kitten bounding onto Mary\u2019s lap to stop the baby\u2019s tears\u2014and kindle first friendship. Inspired by Leonardo da Vinci\u2019s drawings featuring the Madonna of the Cat.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThe People Remember\u201d by Ibi Zoboi, illustrated by Loveis Wise \nRead this book aloud. It traces the story of the African diaspora in verse, each epoch illustrating a different principal of Kwanzaa. There\u2019s a note at the back about lighting the kinara and what people do on each of the seven days of Kwanzaa. But this book\u2019s strength is in bringing to light the rich, difficult and beautiful history of why this holiday is celebrated. Well beyond December, this is a great selection for Black History Month, Poetry Month or nightly bedtime reading.<\/p>\nProvided Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\u201cThe Christmas Mitzvah\u201d by Jeff Gottesfeld, illustrated by Michelle Laurentia Agatha \n\u201cA mitzvah. A good deed. But also a commandment. What God wants.\u201d \nCan you love a holiday you don\u2019t celebrate? Al Rosen loved Christmas but celebrated Hannukah. In 1969, he offered to work for anyone who wanted to spend Christmas with their families and kicked off several decades of doing this for strangers, inspiring others of all faiths to help their friends and neighbors of different religions\u2014sometimes with hilarious results.<\/p>\nProvided Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\u201cPetals\u201d by Gustavo Borges and Cris Peter \nIn this Brazilian import, a stranger comes to town, faced with a spreading coughing illness and bad news on the radio\u2014sound familiar? Oddly prescient for a book written in 2018. The stranger spreads fun and healing with magic tricks and the petals of a mysterious flower. But when the visitor falls sick himself, a young boy looks for a way to return his love and kindness. This (almost) wordless graphic novel features anthropomorphic animals against a snowy woodland backdrop for a sentimental, bittersweet wintery journey.<\/p>\nProvided Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\u201cWeird but True! Christmas: 300 Festive Facts to Light Up the Holidays by National Geographic Kids \nDid you know you could buy gingerbread-scented dog shampoo? Or that hot chocolate was once used as medication? Or that the amount of ribbon used to wrap presents every Christmas is enough to tie a bow around the whole planet? This colorful, engaging book filled to the brim with fascinating tidbits is handy for holiday conversation starters.<\/p>\n
\u201cDog Driven\u201d by Terry Lynn Johnson \nMcKenna has the chance to race her sled dogs over a historic dogsled mail route to raise awareness for Stargardt disease, which has caused her younger sister to lose her vision and her parents to become overprotective. What her parents don\u2019t know is that McKenna, too, is starting to lose her vision from the same disease. Historic letters punctuate a girl\u2019s struggle to lead her dogsled team to victory over snow and ice and show her family, and herself, what she\u2019s capable of.<\/p>\nProvided Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\u201cThe Forgotten Girl\u201d by India Hill Brown \nWhen Iris and Daniel sneak out to make snow angels one night, they don\u2019t worry about Suga\u2019s snow spirits\u2014they\u2019re superstitions, right? Then they find the forgotten grave of Avery, a girl that starts haunting Iris\u2019 dreams and forging a jealous, demanding friendship with her. Research for a school project reveals that Avery\u2019s grave is part of a neglected African American cemetery and Iris wants to help. Experiences at school have led her to feel forgotten, too. But how far will Avery go to be remembered? Will Daniel and his grandmother be able to save his best friend before it\u2019s too late? Ghost stories and history meld for a gripping winter read.<\/p>\nProvided Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\u201cA Boy Called Christmas\u201d by Matthew Haig \nStay with evil Aunt Carlotta, or find the father who left on a quest to prove the existence of elves? Thus begins the journey of Niklaus\u2014nicknamed Christmas\u2014a poor boy who can only remember receiving two Christmas presents his entire life and who only has a mouse and a reindeer for friends. Good thing he believes in magic and has a good heart to help him when he falls afoul of the head of the elf council\u2014whose members staunchly oppose outsiders in his domain. He\u2019ll need all the help he can get. A wryly funny Santa origin story with exploding troll heads, mischievous reindeer and a search for one\u2019s life purpose that should appeal to fans of Roald Dahl and How to Train Your Dragon. Now a Netflix film.<\/p>\n
\u201cGrand Theft Horse\u201d by G. Neri, illustrated by Corban Wilkin \nGail Ruffo always wanted a horse for Christmas. She just never thought she would be stealing hers back from her racing partners late one Christmas Eve night. Author G. Neri recounts the true story of his cousin: how she made a business deal with an unscrupulous lawyer to purchase her first racehorse, how that lawyer and his partners subjected her horse to harsh training methods and drugs and how she spent years dodging poverty, police and private investigators, fighting a corrupt system that values cash over horses\u2019 wellbeing. This graphic novel blends court drama, horse sense and a call to activism to protect the animals whose bones line \u201cthe path of human progress.\u201d<\/p>\nProvided Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\u201cOne Way or Another\u201d by Kara McDowell \nPaige is paralyzed by decision-making. In her mind, every choice she makes has the power to ruin her life. When she must choose between the trip of a lifetime to New York City with her mom or a cozy getaway with her best friend\/unwitting crush for Christmas, there\u2019s no way to pick\u2014except to use a Magic 8 Ball app and split her existence into two separate universes so we the readers can follow the consequences of each option. This fuzzy rom-com book bends the possibilities of fiction and explores life through the lens of anxiety.<\/p>\nProvided Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\u201cBad Call\u201d by Stephen Wallenfels \nFour guys escape boarding school for an epic camping trip to Yosemite. What can go wrong? First, one boy pulls out. Another brings along a strange girl. There\u2019s a forest fire at their campsite\u2014and a snow storm. Bad decision piles on bad decision, and when one boy doesn\u2019t return to the tent, everyone must determine for themselves who can be trusted. A slow start with plenty of backstory makes for an exciting conclusion that invests the reader in each character\u2019s outcome and explores the possible consequences of a few bad choices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This month, warm up with a hot beverage and a good book! These holiday reads available at Montgomery County Public Libraries will put you in the spirit of the season\u2014no matter what you celebrate. Picture books \u201cLittle Red Ruthie: a Hanukkah Tale\u201d by Gloria Koster, illustrated by Sue Eastland A hungry wolf wants to eat […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":25210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[901,27,549],"tags":[796,1192,1156,1342,295],"yoast_head":"\n
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