Thursday, March 6, 2025

The Days After Christmas by Maggie C. Rudd and Elisa Chavarri - OPTIONAL

The Days After Christmas by Maggie C. Rudd, illustrated by Elisa Chavarri. PICTURE BOOK. Farra Straus Giroux (Macmillan), 2024. $19. 9780374390167

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

APPEALS TO: SOME

The days after Christmas are filled with lovely memories and also melancholy as everything gets put away to wait for the next year.

Rudd’s text is a sing-songy rhyme that forces you to sing along, instead of enjoying the story. I would have preferred to be able to linger on each page instead of feeling I needed to rush off. The sentiment is nice, but it is not a Christmas book and only kind of a winter book.

Cindy, Middle School Librarian, MLS



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