The Twelve Days of Christmas

by Anne Geddes

Presents the traditional Christmas song illustrated with photographs of infants dressed as birds, dancing ladies, drummers, and equestrians

Genres: Christmas, Childrens, Picture Books, Holiday, Photography, Nonfiction, Art

36 pages, Hardcover

First published October 28, 1997

About the author

Anne Geddes, MNZM, is an Australian-born photographer, currently living and working in New York.
She is best known for her baby photographies and photographies on motherhood.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Ge...

Reviews

[Amara · Rating 2 out of 5]

Am I the only one who finds Anne Geddes weird? Babies in all kinds of weird costumes with weird poses? Not weird?

Creeps me out, and I think this book of hers was the creepiest. Babies in black-bird costume? Laying naked on a swan? PASS.

[Trisha · Rating 3 out of 5]

I just read this for the first time despite having owned it for many years (I think it was a gift ...). I've always thought Anne Geddes' photography was adorable, and yet as I flipped through this book I found myself thinking ... well, this is kinda weird, that people's babies are in this book preserved for all sorts of people around the world to look at, whenever, wherever!

Anyway, I'm not really into Christmas or Christmas carols, or babies for that matter. :P But it was cute!

The end.

[Lotta Z (Not Very Active ATM) · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a truly beautiful book that I have had since childhood. The babies are all dressed up as the items/animals/plants from the song. The song is obviously a classic and a personal favourite of mine. At the back of the book there is even very simple sheet music that you can play as well on any instrument that incorporates the treble clef. I normally play this on the piano but I'm sure it would sound great on other instruments too. Such a lovely book!

[booklady · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was a gift or I would not have it. I love babies (the chubby Anne Geddes variety and all the rest) and I even sort of like the Twelve Days of Christmas ditty, especially if you start with the 12th day and finish it without all the repetition.

Looked through this and now passing it on...

[Tanya · Rating 4 out of 5]

This darling book was a gift for my oldest daughter on one of her early Christmases, and it has been a holiday family favorite ever since. I still love to look at the cute babies Geddes has posed to go with the various gifts in this traditional Christmas carol.

[Gary · Rating 5 out of 5]

Anne turns one of my least favorite Christmas songs into a darling journey through her unique babies photography

[Kelly Chester · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a great book love Anne geddes

[Chris · Rating 3 out of 5]

Adorable photography but only a few non -Caucasian babies in a book full of babies.

[Danielle · Rating 2 out of 5]

Maybe you will enjoy this if you like looking at pictures of babies, but some of these photos are honestly strange.

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

My son said while we were reading this book, "These babies are CUTE!" He seemed to really like it.

The thing I didn't like about this book is that ALL the kids appeared to be white. No Asian or Black babies at all. Heck, I know Anne Geddes lives in New Zealand, but they can't all be white down there, can they?

[Ruth · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is very special to me,

My mother is a very big fan of Anne Geddes books, and she is my mother's favourite photographer. I find the photos very intriguing but for the most part this reminds me of reading with my mom as a kid, it was something we did together during the holiday season.

Maybe it could be fun to do so with your family!

[Sarom · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favorite christmas book to read to my kids.

[Sheila · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is not what I expected. Instead it is just the words to the song and typical Anne Geddes pictures. However, the pictures are so much alike it almost seems mundane.

[Lesley Looper · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sweet pictures and cute costumes accompany this traditional Christmas song.