Showing of 58 reviews. Top Reviews Most recent Top Reviews. There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. My daughter had these pop up books as a child, and now I am ordering them for my nieces and nephews.
They are interactive, some make noise, and the kids love them. Many more "bug" books by this author to choose from. I dont believe these were stored very well. While new, it was obvious that the book had been compressed by something very heavy at some point. The colors on the page actually transferred to the opposite page, and most of the pop-ups did not operate as smoothly as they should have.
My mom bought this exact book for my 2 oldest children years ago.
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My 5 year old loves the book but it's falling apart. I found this for Christmas for her smaller than original verison but the same. It came today already ripped on last page. I don't want to risk not having for Christmas so I guess I will ba taping the ripped off piece back on Bought this for two, one for a five year old and one for a four year old. They both love the bug series and they were both laughing with glee. It got passed around our family Christmas party and got thumbs up from all sixty two of us!
The 12 Days Of Christmas
It is very colorful, clever and the popups are study enough for the careful child. I will buy more to have on hand for Christmas gifts for my friend's grandchildren. One person found this helpful. Only posting a bad review because the point of me ordering this book was to replace the ones my daughter ripped as a baby. The one we got was already ripped! Someone was nice enough to put the part that ripped off inside the book for us though: This was my 5 year old grand daughters favorite Christmas book this year! Now THIS is a pop-up book! My 6-year old still loves pop-up books and this is so different than most of your other pop-up books out there.
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The Twelve Days of Christmas
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Get to Know Us. English Choose a language for shopping. Amazon Music Stream millions of songs. Amazon Advertising Find, attract, and engage customers. Here Jan is developing her style and she has all the side panel windows working for her. It really is a beautiful book.
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On each page we see Merry Christmas in a different language like cyrillic or Spanish or so on. There is a couple in the panels and eventually they grow up and have a family. It is a very sweet book. There is also a little historical note at the end about the tune and the fact this was one of the few Christmas songs speaking about giving gifts until recently. It was also pagan ba Here Jan is developing her style and she has all the side panel windows working for her. It was also pagan based. It is a very old poem. I think my favorite picture was the 3 French Hens while the nephew enjoyed the 12 Lords a Leaping and my niece liked the 9 ladies dancing best.
Of course, we sang through this story as is our want. We gave it 4 stars all around. In this beautiful presentation of the beloved Christmas carol, Jan Brett - a prolific picture-book author and artist who has produced many holiday titles, from The Night Before Christmas , to this year's Home for Christmas - delivers a visually striking interpretation of the lyrics, complete with all the lovely little details her fans have come to expect. Decorative borders as is often the case, with Brett abound, framing each two-page spread, and following the story of the two true lovers In this beautiful presentation of the beloved Christmas carol, Jan Brett - a prolific picture-book author and artist who has produced many holiday titles, from The Night Before Christmas , to this year's Home for Christmas - delivers a visually striking interpretation of the lyrics, complete with all the lovely little details her fans have come to expect.
Decorative borders as is often the case, with Brett abound, framing each two-page spread, and following the story of the two true lovers referenced in the song. The main panel, in each painting, is devoted to the gift being given in that verse, while Christmas greetings in multiple languages are presented at the bottom of each side-panel. Although not the equal of the recent Laural Long The Twelve Days of Christmas , in my estimation - and really, what could be, given how phenomenally beautiful Long's book was?
The artwork was lovely, and although I did feel, as I often do, that Brett's animal figures were stronger than her human ones, the overall effect was delightful! I was also interested and pleased to see that Brett used an alternative form of the carol, in which the last four verses were in a different order from the way I learned them this is not, as another reviewer claims, an error - just an indication that there are many variants of this beloved song.
All in all, a wonderful book, one I would recommend to any reader who was looking for beautifully illustrated presentations of this carol. Of course, I'd also recommend taking a look at the new Laurel Long version View all 13 comments. Gorgeous illustrations highlight this rendition of the classic Christmas song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas". Our oldest had so much fun singing this one with me as we looked through the pages.
With the tongue twister of a song, I recommend a second, silent read through just to look at the intricate detail in the illustrations. Jan Brett includes her classic borders, with lots of design and action going on, and I love the touch of adding Merry Christmas and Happy New Year in several different la Gorgeous illustrations highlight this rendition of the classic Christmas song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas".
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Jan Brett includes her classic borders, with lots of design and action going on, and I love the touch of adding Merry Christmas and Happy New Year in several different languages. Finally, while her friend the hedgehog is noticeably absent from the pages, he is included on the back cover of the book.
I loved this book. The illustrations include holiday greetings in various languages too, which is a nice touch. This is a book I can see families pulling out every Christmas. View all 3 comments. Oct 03, Laura rated it really liked it Shelves: This would get 5 stars, except the sequence of the days is wrong at the end: Dec 23, Karen rated it really liked it Shelves: We love to look at the detail of Jan Brett's pictures..
Nov 17, Brynna Seitz added it Recommends it for: Nov 17, Kaylynn Hennenfent rated it it was amazing. Wow this book is just like the rest. Oct 21, Marcia Van Camp added it Shelves: I never knew it was "colly" instead of "calling" birds! Dec 12, Elizabeth rated it it was amazing Shelves: Great illustrations of a Christmas song and even information to it's origin. Dec 06, Sharon Honeycutt rated it it was amazing Shelves: As always, amazing illustrations!
My favorite book version of this song. Nov 26, Jiffy rated it really liked it. I look forward to this one every year. The illustrations are incredible. Nov 30, Kieran rated it really liked it Shelves: Brett is known for her intricate illustrations. On each page, one verse of the song is written out, with a picture to match. The book includes sheet music at the beginning, and it has an explanation of the origin of the song in the back. Jan Brett is notorious for including margin photos in her book. In the margins of this book, a family prepares for the holidays. The illustrations also include several of her trademark woodland creatures.
The main image on each page was the gift from the suitor to his lady. For classroom teachers, parents, etc, this would be a great story to share with children around the holidays. This book is a great example of illustrations, and could be used to inspire children to add their own illustrations to other songs, as Brett did. I love the detail Jan Brett uses when she illustrates. Dec 11, Lisa Rathbun rated it it was ok Shelves: I liked a lot about this book: Jan Brett's details gave lots of fun things to look at on each page.
But that was part of my problem too: I expected more attention to detail.
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As each day is described, across the top of the page is a branch from a Christmas tree showing that day's gift as a Christmas ornament. On the final page, a huge Christmas tree is shown covered with all the ornaments so I looked for ones from each day with my child. Maybe I liked a lot about this book: Maybe they're there, but I couldn't find them. Also there seemed to be at least three turtle doves when there should have been just two.
I expected more attention to detail from Brett. I also was disappointed that she chose to use alternate lyrics instead of the most well-known. It's confusing to my child to have 9 pipers, 10 drummers, 11 ladies, and 12 lords since that is not how we sing it. I don't mind the "colly birds" because that can easily be explained. So all in all, I ended up being disappointed with this book.
Baby loved it as we sang along to this book. I especially love the critters in the bottom corners with Christmas greetings in a different language on every page. Interestingly, this book had me googling when I was done with it, due to its mention of four colly birds, where I'd always heard "calling". Apparently this is a real thing, and means 'black' in some dialect of English.
Also my husband and I were both pretty sure that they put the thi Mom review: Also my husband and I were both pretty sure that they put the things from in a different order than we remembered, and seems we were right. But the Wikipedia article explains all this. I wonder how my son will deal with it when he is old enough to notice. Jan 28, Stacy rated it really liked it Shelves: This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This Jan Brett illustrated work has her signature side column illustrations depicting another story taking place while the song is going on.
The main illustrations are that of the song lines, and are two-page illustrations, each having "Merry Christmas" in a different language, the last one saying, "Happy New Year". The clothing looks as though it is set in the s. The side story is of a family and their preparations for the Christmas holiday. At the beginning of the book there is a music she This Jan Brett illustrated work has her signature side column illustrations depicting another story taking place while the song is going on. At the beginning of the book there is a music sheet illustration of the first four verses of the song, and at the end of the book there is an editor's note which explains history of the song.