How the Grinch Lost Christmas! By Alastair Heim, illustrated by Aristides Ruiz - ESSENTIAL

How the Grinch Lost Christmas! by Alastair Heim, illustrated by Aristides Ruiz. PICTURE BOOK. Random House, 2023. $20. 9780593563168

BUYING ADVISORY: Pre-K, EL (K-3), EL - ESSENTIAL

AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH

Grinch has fallen in love with Christmas and to prove it the Whos, he decides he is going to win the Christmas tree decorating contest on Christmas day. When he plan thwarted, will he return to his grinchy ways, or will Cindy Lou Who step in again to save the day?

I was a little skeptical about a Grinch sequel, but Heim does justice to the original and adds a shiny new chapter to the classic tale. It is wordy like the original, so if you pick it up to read aloud, it is a longer selection.

Cindy Mitchell, Library Teacher, MLS