Eran Arigi
Bring classic winter poetry into a cozy family read-aloud.Twenty Winters gathers 20 beloved Christmas and winter poems for children ages 4-8, from the first snowfall through Christmas Eve and Christmas Day to quiet winter goodnights.This illustrated and explained edition includes:- 24 full-page illustrations- A plain-language explanation page after every poem- Child-friendly glossaries, notes on the poets, and the history behind the textsInside are the complete 'A Visit from St. Nicholas' (’Twas the Night Before Christmas), 'The Twelve Days of Christmas,' 'Up on the Housetop,' 'Jolly Old Saint Nicholas,' Robert Louis Stevenson’s 'Winter-Time,' and Eugene Field’s 'The Sugar-Plum Tree,' with poems by Emily Dickinson, William Shakespeare, and more. The book also includes classic nativity carols, among them 'Away in a Manger' and Christina Rossetti’s 'In the Bleak Midwinter.'Every poem is paired with a gentle full-page illustration and a friendly companion page that:- tells the poem in simple, child-friendly words- points out one special detail, sound, or idea to notice- explains old or unfamiliar words without interrupting the reading- notes when a familiar Christmas song has changed over timeLumi the unicorn , Mossy the teddy bear, and their five friends wander through the pictures, just as they did in Twenty Summers and Twenty Autumns.Read one poem at bedtime, share a few beside the tree, or follow the whole book from the first snow to the last goodnight. The explanations are there when you want them, and easy to skip when you simply want to read aloud.A warm keepsake for family Christmas traditions and quiet winter evenings.Twenty Winters is Book 3 in the Poems Explained for Children series from Cozy Pebble Stories.
