Sunday, May 12, 2024

Jingle the Christmas Clown by Tomie DePaola - ADVISABLE

Jingle the Christmas Clown
by Tomie DePaola.
PICTURE BOOK Simon & Schuster, 2021. $11. 9781534466562 

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

APPEALS TO: SEVERAL 

As the Little Circus pulled into the village where they always do their Christmas performance, the circus people learn that the village has fallen on hard times and most everyone has moved away. The circus decides to move on to the next town. The littlest clown says that he and the baby animals are too tired to keep traveling. The little clown and the baby animals stay behind. To cheer up the people in the town the little clown and his baby animals put on a Christmas eve circus. 

A sweet read-aloud story of kindness and the spirit of Christmas. Instead of being sad about being left behind, the little clown chooses to provide an act of service for the people in the village. The illustrations are bold and bright with an appealing folk art quality to them. 

Reviewer: A. Snow 

No comments:

Post a Comment

Welcome to Kiss the Book Jr.!

Welcome! Kiss the Book Jr. is for board books, picture books, early readers, and chapter books.  Also, any novels and non-fiction that we ag...