Peter Spier's Christmas!
Registered by 
GoryDetails
of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 9/29/2020
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
GoryDetails of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 9/29/2020 This Book is Currently in the Wild!
1 journaler for this copy...
This slim softcover was among the books donated to the Nashua Public Library for distribution to the Little Free Libraries. I really love this book, and am always glad to find another release copy.
Spier is known for his intricately-illustrated children's books; this one, I think, is his best. There are no captions here, just a series of illustrations of a typical small-town Christmas in the US, from the commercial [Santa at the shopping center, street decorations] to the religious, and covering the preparations, the holiday itself, and the aftermath [the "Returns" counter, discarded piles of gift wrap and Christmas trees]. The details are extraordinary; every time I look at it I find something new, whether it's a cat hiding among the piles of presents or the look on the faces of the families gathered around the dinner table. Some of the scenes are heart-warming, some rather sad; many of them might have been taken intact from my own family's holiday pictures...
Spier is known for his intricately-illustrated children's books; this one, I think, is his best. There are no captions here, just a series of illustrations of a typical small-town Christmas in the US, from the commercial [Santa at the shopping center, street decorations] to the religious, and covering the preparations, the holiday itself, and the aftermath [the "Returns" counter, discarded piles of gift wrap and Christmas trees]. The details are extraordinary; every time I look at it I find something new, whether it's a cat hiding among the piles of presents or the look on the faces of the families gathered around the dinner table. Some of the scenes are heart-warming, some rather sad; many of them might have been taken intact from my own family's holiday pictures...
Journal Entry 2 by GoryDetails at LFL - Jamie Rd. (16) in Dunstable, Massachusetts USA on Tuesday, December 1, 2020
GoryDetails at LFL - Jamie Rd. (16) in Dunstable, Massachusetts USA on Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Released 3 yrs ago (12/1/2020 UTC) at LFL - Jamie Rd. (16) in Dunstable, Massachusetts USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Guidelines for safely visiting and stocking Little Free Libraries during the COVID-19 pandemic, from the LFL site here.I left this book in the Little Free Library; hope someone enjoys it!
[See other recent releases in MA here.]
*** Released for the 2020 What's in a Name challenge, for the embedded "Chris" in the title. ***
*** Released for the 2020 Decemberish Holiday challenge. ***
