| Author | |
JennGM
Forum Moderator
Joined: Feb 07 2005
Location: Virginia
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 17702
|
| Posted: Dec 11 2009 at 3:05pm | IP Logged
|
 |
|
I fell in love with a new Christmas picture book, Christmas Day in the Morning by Pearl S. Buck (read a bit about here here).
I think this is such a wonderful one especially if you have sons. The basic premise is a man wakes up early at 4:00 am and remembers a Christmas on the family farm when he was 15. It's a story of how he gave a gift of love, from the heart, for his father. The reason for his gift was at that time he realized how he loved his father, and that his father loved him. (Funny how we know things intuitively or subconsciously, but when it becomes in the front brain matter, it spurs on action!)
It sounds rather schmaltzy typing it out, but it is a lovely story, and very inspiring. I could see how my son really liked the description of his gift of doing something for his father.
I checked the book from the library and ordered one for home because I think this is one to have on the home shelves.  2 Thumbs Up!
__________________
Jennifer G. Miller
Wife to  & ds1  '03 & ds2  '07
Family in Feast and Feria
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
SusanJ
Forum All-Star
Joined: May 25 2007
Location: New Jersey
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 1347
|
| Posted: Dec 11 2009 at 3:41pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
We got this for a gift last year and it is a big favorite at our house, too!
__________________
Mom to Joseph-8, Margaret-6, William-4, Gregory-2, and new little one due 11/1
Life Together
[URL=http://thejohnstonkids.blogspot.com]The Kids' Blog[/UR
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
joann10
Forum All-Star
Joined: Feb 10 2007
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 3493
|
| Posted: Dec 11 2009 at 3:49pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
This is in our library pile...I will be reading it tonight! Thanks!
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
stellamaris
Forum All-Star
Joined: Feb 26 2009
Location: Virginia
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 2732
|
| Posted: Dec 11 2009 at 4:43pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
This is a great book, Jen! We love it, and it does so encourage thoughtfulness in young boys.
One of my favorite books as a child was Fairy Tales of the Orient by Pearl S. Buck. My grandmother gave it to me, and now my daughter loves it, too!
ETA: Of course, it has nothing to do with Christmas!
__________________
In Christ,
Caroline
Wife to  dh 30+ yrs,ds's 83,85,89,dd's 91,95,ds's 01,01,02,grammy to 4
Flowing Streams
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
SuzanneG
Forum Moderator
Joined: June 17 2006
Location: Idaho
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 5465
|
| Posted: Dec 11 2009 at 6:12pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this book!!! I tear up every time!
It was one of the first books I purchased from an used online amazon bookseller several years ago! Isn't it weird to remember that?  And, was also one of the first Christmas picutre books I bought when I was a new mom!! I LOVED IT at first sight and knew it was def. one for the shelves!
It's the same illustrator, Mark Buehner as Snowmen at Night and Snowmen at Christmas and !This First Thanksgiving Day...a couple favs too! Love his illustrations!!
__________________
Suzanne in ID
Wife to Pete
Mom of 7 (Girls - 14, 12, 11, 9, 7 and Boys - 4, 1)
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
JennGM
Forum Moderator
Joined: Feb 07 2005
Location: Virginia
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 17702
|
| Posted: Dec 11 2009 at 6:31pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
SuzanneG wrote:
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this book!!! I tear up every time!
It was one of the first books I purchased from an used online amazon bookseller several years ago! Isn't it weird to remember that? And, was also one of the first Christmas picutre books I bought when I was a new mom!! I LOVED IT at first sight and knew it was def. one for the shelves! |
|
|
So why didn't you share before???? 
I did forget to warn that you might get choked up on this book. Happens to me, too.
__________________
Jennifer G. Miller
Wife to & ds1 '03 & ds2 '07
Family in Feast and Feria
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
stellamaris
Forum All-Star
Joined: Feb 26 2009
Location: Virginia
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 2732
|
| Posted: Dec 11 2009 at 8:26pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
This gets back to the why don't you post books thread...I actually had just finished reading this books to my little boys yesterday, and thought, "Hum, maybe I should post it...it is such a great book....but, surely, someone else has already posted it...it's Pearl S. Buck, after all, not some obscure author..." and I didn't post. Ditto for several other books; I just don't know what has and has not already been posted in the last few years. Maybe that shouldn't matter? Just glad YOU posted it! Thanks!
__________________
In Christ,
Caroline
Wife to dh 30+ yrs,ds's 83,85,89,dd's 91,95,ds's 01,01,02,grammy to 4
Flowing Streams
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
Paula in MN
Forum All-Star
Joined: Nov 25 2006
Location: Minnesota
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 4064
|
| Posted: Dec 12 2009 at 6:56am | IP Logged
|
|
|
Oh, how could I forget about this one? We read it last year and just loved it. Thanks for the reminder!
__________________
Paula
A Catholic Harvest
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
SusanJ
Forum All-Star
Joined: May 25 2007
Location: New Jersey
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 1347
|
| Posted: Dec 12 2009 at 8:42am | IP Logged
|
|
|
I was thinking about this and realized that you can't search for a book you don't know about. So it's always helpful to post a book you like even if it's already been posted. I guess we could try to search for it and bump the old thread but most of us haven't been around since the beginning and we might have missed the original recommendation.
__________________
Mom to Joseph-8, Margaret-6, William-4, Gregory-2, and new little one due 11/1
Life Together
[URL=http://thejohnstonkids.blogspot.com]The Kids' Blog[/UR
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
SuzanneG
Forum Moderator
Joined: June 17 2006
Location: Idaho
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 5465
|
| Posted: Dec 14 2009 at 4:26pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
Don't forget to have fun with the "hidden pictures" in the clouds on the cover and the 2-page-spread in the middle of the book....."boy-walking-to-barn-in-the-dark." He's so good with the hidden pictures!
__________________
Suzanne in ID
Wife to Pete
Mom of 7 (Girls - 14, 12, 11, 9, 7 and Boys - 4, 1)
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
SusanJ
Forum All-Star
Joined: May 25 2007
Location: New Jersey
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 1347
|
| Posted: Dec 14 2009 at 7:07pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
Wait, really? Running for my copy . . . .
Cool! I never noticed. Thanks for the tip!
__________________
Mom to Joseph-8, Margaret-6, William-4, Gregory-2, and new little one due 11/1
Life Together
[URL=http://thejohnstonkids.blogspot.com]The Kids' Blog[/UR
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
SuzanneG
Forum Moderator
Joined: June 17 2006
Location: Idaho
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 5465
|
| Posted: Dec 14 2009 at 7:38pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
SusanJ wrote:
| Wait, really? Running for my copy . . . . |
|
|
Yes, RUN!!!!!!!!!
And, Snowmen at Night and Snowmen at Christmas have GREAT hidden pictures too! On each painting, there is a hidden cat, rabbit, santa face, T-rex, and mouse.
__________________
Suzanne in ID
Wife to Pete
Mom of 7 (Girls - 14, 12, 11, 9, 7 and Boys - 4, 1)
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
Karen T
Forum All-Star
Joined: Feb 16 2005
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 927
|
| Posted: Dec 15 2009 at 10:21pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
We love this book too. We've had it since my oldest (16) was pretty small so we've read it a lot and I still get choked up each time I read it. It's definitely one of my favorites.
Karen T
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
4Real Forums : Picture Book Discoveries
Topic: Christmas Day in the Morning, Pearl Buck
