A Feast of Books: Saint Nicholas and Jolabokaflod
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A Feast of Books: Saint Nicholas and Jolabokaflod

Jolabokaflod is a wonderful Icelandic tradition has recently made a grand entrance in our American literary world. The tradition is to give others books on Christmas Eve and to spend the evening reading, sipping hot cocoa and munching on cookies. Our Christmas Eve is too crazy for that, therefore we have started doing this on…

The Nutcracker, the Sugar Plum Fairy
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A Timeless Tale of Magic and Love: The Nutcracker

Every fall, they start popping up in craft and home decor stores, they are collected by many and embraced by all. What are they? Nutcrackers, of course! Everyone knows and can hum the tune of the famous ballet. Many of our little girls have had at least one experience of being on stage as a…

It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Advent…
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It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Advent…

Advent and Christmas Picture Books and Traditions I always feel a little disgruntled that Thanksgiving and the first Sunday of Advent are the same weekend! It’s just so much goodness in such a short time! I always want to enjoy the last little bit of fall a little longer, but Thanksgiving is the death knell…

Geography, map compass, wonder, imagination
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Geography: Igniter of Wonder and Imagination

Geography is something that I have always enjoyed and appreciated. Map-making and map-reading have something so mysterious and magical about them. They can, literally, take you anywhere. At  A Daily Picture Book, we practice both map-reading and cartography regularly. Right now my girls and I are working on a map of the USA over a…

They are Here! The November Booklists and the October Free Book of the Month!
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They are Here! The November Booklists and the October Free Book of the Month!

October recap October has been a lovely month here in Colorado, we have been blessed with a beautiful Indian Summer! We were able to go up to the mountains to explore the aspen leaves changing color. The October booklists were chock full of discoveries from Pablo Picasso to how the first bandaids came to be…