Tuesday, December 20, 2022

Green is for Christmas by Drew Daywalt illustrated by Oliver Jeffers




Green is for Christmas. Green is for holly. Green is for fir trees. Wait a minute. Red is for Christmas. Red is for candy canes. Red is for Santa Claus. Hold it! What about silver? The tree will need a star and a bell. No no no. You have forgotten about cookies and reindeer - Brown is for Christmas. And so the arguments continue until they all decide (I think they all decide) every colour is needed for Christmas (especially green). A perfect text to explore persuasion perhaps?

Here are the end papers from Green is for Christmas:


My apologies if you are dismayed that I have shared so many books this Christmas that are out of print. The GOOD NEWS is that this is a fairly new book (2021) and yes it is available. Bonus - it is funny but I do think you need to be familiar with the original titles. The hardcover is less than AUS$20.  

There are so many books in this series by Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers which began in 2013. In 2019 they released their original Christmas book. And years ago you could also buy plush crayons, puppets, crayons, stationery packs and even a lunch bag. There are board books (Feelings, Colours and Numbers) too for your youngest reading companion. Here are some of the other titles including two that are due out in 2023 - Easter and going to school:










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