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Title:  The Santa Trap Authors and illustrators:  Jonathan Emmett and Poly Bernatene Perma-Bound Catalogue #: 66521 Description:  Bradley Bartleby has been very bad since the day he was born and finally gets what he deserves after turning his family's home into a fearsome trap for Santa, who has always given him nothing but socks. Curriculum Links: Social Studies: Holidays and Celebrations Self-Regulation Character Education: Kindness, Empathy Reading: Narrative Writing: Narrative Notes:  Design:  This is a very interesting holiday/Christmas Title.  The typeset of the author's names gives it the feel of the "Nightmare before Christmas."   Similarly, the sharp lines in the title make the letters look like the teeth on a bear trap.  And they point to directly to Bradley!  The end pages of the book are a bright Christmas red and the writing is long enough to make this a good read aloud. Content and Illustratio...

Title:  Big Snowman, Little Snowman Author:  Tish Rabe Perma-Bound Catalogue #: 71485 Description:  When a prophecy traps a kingdom in eternal winter, Princess Anna teams up with Kristoff and his reindeer to embark on a journey to find Anna's sister, Elsa, to put an end to her icy spell. Curriculum Links:  Art: Movie Illustration and Design Language: Antonyms Reading: Poetry and Transforming Character Education: Integrity Social Studies: Friendship and Families Writing: Word Choice Notes:  Design:  This is a cute little book based on Disney's movie Frozen.   The images and characters are easily recognizable from the film.   Content:  As an early reader, this book works well in it's use of antonyms to tell the story of Frozen.  The antonyms are used in context and in conjunction with one another - Happy/Sad, On/Off, In/Out, First/Last - and are capitalized within the text which draws the readers atte...