Donald's Christmas Gift

by Sheila Sweeny Higginson, Walt Disney Company (Illustrator)

Meeska, Mooska, Mickey Mouse! Welcome to the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse! Join Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Daisy, Goofy and Pluto in two ready-to-read tales that teach valuable lessons about letters, numbers, shapes, decision-making, and friendship Merry Christmas!

Genres: Christmas, Picture Books, Childrens

23 pages, Paperback

First published August 28, 2007

About the author

Sheila Sweeny Higginson is an award-winning author who has worked in children’s and educational media for over twenty years. She has written more than 100 books for children, magazine and Web articles for parents and teens, teacher's guides, plays, and scripts. Sheila lives with her husband Felipe and their two children in Brooklyn, New York, on the same street where she grew up playing manhunt and stickball.

Reviews

[Christian Schultheiss · Rating 3 out of 5]

A sweet but simple clubhouse story, about how Donald realizing giving for Christmas is more important than getting. He sells all his collection to buy the others back their gifts, a simple but effective little story about decency

[Maria Lavrador · Rating 4 out of 5]

Oferecido ao Eduardo no seu aniversário em dezembro/2012

[Lulú]

I totally didn’t read this to make it 65 books in 2021 :,)

Short lil story about Donald figuring out the meaning to Christmas. That’s… quite literally it, but I like the character arc. At first Donald is like “omg! My friends are giving stuff up to buy me something! It better be great!!” And then he’s like, “wait but why are they giving it up??? They’re giving stuff but they aren’t getting anything.” So goes the character arc.

However, I find it hard to believe that everyone got something JUST for Donald and not for everyone else :,)

I’m not rating the book simply because I’m not really the target audience and I don’t think I know a lot about how children’s books are supposed to work :,)

[Thebruce1314 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Advent calendar, day 9

[Miranda | BookishlyBrewed | · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a heartwarming story for Christmas! We enjoyed this advent read!

[Zaskya Benítez · Rating 3 out of 5]

Un relato que nos recuerda que lo verdaderamente importante en la Navidad es compartirla con la gente que amas

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a cute Christmas story that teaches that it is better to give than to receive. Donald's friends sell some of their favorite toys and books so they can use the money to buy a gift for Donald. Donald's selfishness in the book fades towards the end as he realizes that being happy comes from buying gifts for our friends instead of waiting to see what it is given to him.

The plot is simple and easy for young children to understand. As it is challenging to find Christmas stories with a positive message, this book is being added to my must read each year during the Christmas season.

[Sarah M. · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great story of how Donald learns that Christmas is about giving and get receving gifts. I feel that this story is good to reading to children during the holidays ( if family practices this celebration). The story also uses characters that are widely known to children.

[Viviana]

its about mickey mouse.in chistmas

[Bradley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute and creative. Coale paid somewhat attention to this book. Or maybe it was just fear from the thunder storm. =)

[Jessica Parker · Rating 4 out of 5]

Day 9

Not all gifts are material things.

ISBN 13 for Advent Calendar itself - 978-1-80108-725-4