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"Courtney-Tickle's friendly digital illustrations teem with life, while the sparkly, snow-dappled trees and lift-the-flap surprises are pleasantly reminiscent of an Advent calendar." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)
One white and snowy night, a little Christmas tree stands alone in the forest. Everything is white and lifeless. As the night goes on, there are signs of life: an orange fox, a red-breasted robin, a cloud of fireflies. By the end of the book, the little Christmas tree is transformed by nature. Another glorious lift-the-flap exploration of nature in the same series as Little Tree and Little Honeybee.
Author Notes
Jessica Courtney-Tickle is an illustrator, writer, and creative based in Cambridge, U.K. She creates her work through a combination of watercolor, gouache, and digital drawing.
Reviews (2)
Publisher's Weekly Review
In a wintry woodland, "snow has fallen everywhere/ and turned the green woods white./ A little Christmas tree wakes up/ and sparkles in the night." The pine is colored in mottled shades of green and lightly textured with shiny silver flecks. A swan, black bird, and other animals fill the vertical pages, while flaps shaped like snow drifts, bushes, and trees lift to reveal hidden animals, foliage, and even a bumble bee under a log-each animal or object identified on the flaps' undersides. Courtney-Tickle's friendly digital illustrations teem with life, while the sparkly, snow-dappled trees and lift-the-flap surprises are pleasantly reminiscent of an Advent calendar. Ages 2-5. (Oct.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Kirkus Review
The old-fashioned feel of this extra-large board book invites exploration of the natural world.Four-line rhyming stanzas on each spread describe the winter woods. In the first, "A little Christmas tree wakes up / and sparkles in the light." The tree is never harvested; its only decorations are snow and birds. The sequence of events may confuse young children. Initially, the pictures are full of snow. By the third spread, the text and illustration hint at an early spring thaw, but on the next page snow starts to fall again, just in time for "this snowy Christmas night." The book is pretty enough that this may not matter. Silver foil "snow" on the tree and snowflakes that decorate the otherwise matte pages invite touch. Finding the animals, bugs, and plants hinted at in the text becomes a lift-the-flap game, with most spreads including four flaps. Some are obvious; some blend in with the illustrations so effectively that the flaps can only be found by running a hand across the page. Some of the flaps are also quite small, making them difficult for tiny fingers to manipulate, but overall it is ideal for one-on-one reading and quiet conversation.The sense of wonder and awe this artistic board book evokes should not be limited to the Christmas season. (Board book. 2-5) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
