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Christmas Books

Celebrating a Bookish Christmas

December 19, 2015 Claire Annette Noland 4 Comments

Here at the home of A Field Trip Life, we love to celebrate Christmas traditions from around the world. We open Advent calendars and light Advent candles. We eat tamales and listen to a world wide selection of carols. Our tree is decorated with ornaments brought home from our travels and the Nativity sets from […]

Filed Under: Books, Celebrate, Christmas Books Tagged With: December by Eve Bunting, Iceland Christmas Book Flood, Jesus' Christmas Party, Jolabokaflod, The Christmas Story, The Christmas Trolls, The Legend of the Poinsettia, The Letter to Santa Claus, The Polar Express

N is for Norway – the next stop on the A to Z Read Your World Blog Challenge

April 16, 2015 Claire Annette Noland 11 Comments

N is for Norway and that’s where we’re heading today. The Christmas Wish by Lori Evert (author) and Per Breiehagen (photographer) featuring their daughter, Anja Random House Children’s Books:2013 picture book ages 2-7 I read The Christmas Wish to a group of kindergartners today and they were mesmerized from start to finish. I was too […]

Filed Under: Books, Christmas Books, Field Trips, Multicultural Children's Books, Places Tagged With: a to z blog challenge, Children's books set in Norway, The Christmas Wish

D is for Dominican Republic

April 4, 2015 Claire Annette Noland 10 Comments

The Best Gift of All: The Legend of La Vieja Belen A bilingual picture book Written by Julia Alvarez (author) and Ruddy Nunez (illustrator) Translated by Rhina Espaillat For those who try to teach diversity by sharing customs, holidays and traditions to children, The Best Gift of All: The Legend of La Vieja Belen is […]

Filed Under: Books, Celebrate, Christmas Books, Field Trips, Multicultural Children's Books, Places Tagged With: a to z blog challenge, Bilingual Christmas stories, children's books set in the Dominican Republic, Julia Alvarez, Read Around the World Kids' Book Challenge, Ruddy Nunez, The Best Gift of All; The Legend of La Vieja Belen

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