Cuddle up with a book! Our Christmas favorites

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Cuddle up with a book! Our Christmas favorites

A guest post from my friend and fellow children’s author, Regan Maccaulay

“The Night Before Christmas”
I
can’t really pick only one favourite Christmas book, so I’ve decided to
single out “The Night Before Christmas” by Clement C. Moore, for
sentimental reasons…

I
believe I’ve managed to find the cover of the pop-up book version I had
as a child. Every Christmas Eve of my early youth, my Dad would read
the story to me before I went to bed to await Santa’s arrival.

It’s
Dad reading “The Night Before Christmas” as well as “The Hobbit”
(J.R.R. Tolkien) to me that are my fondest memories of time I spent with
my father as a child—particularly when we lived on our own for a couple
of years. He had a gentle tone of voice that was appealing to listen
to.

My father passed
away a couple of years ago now, and I find myself thinking about the
books he read to me more often these days. Particularly our annual
tradition, “The Night Before Christmas.”

So, read to and with your kids, guys. I know you probably already do, but maybe read together more often. It means everything.
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Merry Myrrh, the Christmas Bat

Myrrh is a young and very merry brown bat named after one of the gifts of the Magi. He experiences the wonders of his first Christmas among the decorations of a farmhouse, as well as the kindness of the family that discovers him in their home. Suggested age range for readers: 4-7

You can buy Merry Myrrh, the Christmas Bat on my website, on Guardian Angel Publishing’s website, on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and ChaptersIndigo.