6 Days Before Christmas: Holiday Family Favorite Reads
Longer family gatherings occur throughout the holidays. This is more meaningful if you all enjoy doing the same things together. The busy schedules during regular school and work days might hinder families from bonding together. Reading your favorite books together as a family enhances the children’s appreciation for books and literacy skills. Through this, it also instills in their hearts the value of family bonding. Sharing their thoughts and insights from the books also promotes openness and a positive attitude toward all members of the family.
Grab a book and travel together with your family into the world of imagination and wonders. Here are some books that you and your family might want to read together.
Birds Of A Feather
Officer Laura Camp once loved the movie The Birds by Alfred Hitchcock-that was before she lived out the horrific reality. Vultures suddenly began attacking everyone at the Juvenile Detention Center where she worked. However, the vultures aren’t even her worst problem: the Crown gang tries to break out one of their own, a prisoner named Mack. After breaking out from the JDC, to everyone’s surprise, Mack returns to help Officer Camp fight the vulture threat. But will he turn away from a gangster’s life to become the honorable man Officer Camp knows he can be? Birds of a Feather is a thriller that shows that even the darkest individuals can be both human and winged beast.
Ben
Ben is the story of a brilliant woman’s Love for her little dog and their infinite bond. The thought of losing him to illness initiates her mind to go beyond limits and barriers into the mysteries of life, death and existence. Donna’s mind is tested and stretched to the boundaries of the unknown.
The story of Ben is equivalent to a maze, with the exception that the maze consists of words, not corn in a field or hedges in a garden. The three forms are challenging and enchanting. The words of the story depict the maze. At the end there is light with the emotion of satisfaction and illumination.
Bloodline: The Legend Of WindWalker
Reoccurring dreams of looming decisions plague Nhaya, and they bring her to the point where she is forced to make a choice for the direction of her life-but what direction to choose? She be-lieves the answer she’s looking for lies hidden in the folds of her Nez Perce heritage. But since the death of her father, Nhaya’s mother has forbidden her to explore that path. When Nhaya escapes to Camp Cocolalla, in the mountains of Northern Idaho, she finds herself in the woods at night chased by an unseen danger.
In defiance of her mother and going against all that she knows to be right and true, Nhaya pursues the truth hidden in her bloodline as she seeks the only person who can help her, the legendary shaman, Wind Walker
Carol is a native Idahoan and lives for the time to enjoy its great outdoors. After raising her son, two daughters, and two granddaughters, Carol began her writing journey. After learning the craft to write children’s short stories, The Legend of WindWalker became her challenge. Carol says, “I have been told everyone has a story to tell, WindWalker was mine. For me, writing is like breathing; essential, refreshing, and sometimes necessary for my sanity-and always fun.”
Cappuccino With Grandma
“Cappuccino with Grandma” is a narrative carefully and stylistically presented to reflect beautiful and memorable moments spent with her Grandma. It portrays love shared between Grandma and the Grandchild.
It sets a reader on a plane of wanting to experience and feel such loving moments. Interestingly, in the narrator’s artistic nature, she employs nice pictorial representations such as Rialto Bridge, City of Venice, San Marco Piazza etc. These memorable pictures make the story appealing, enjoyable, interesting and permanent.
The choice of language also is simple and understandable, spiced with figure of speech evidently seen in her unique use of repetition; ‘sip, sip’ in almost all the tables. This piece will be enjoyed by children.
Make available this short story to your child to enjoy the beauty of storytelling and feel Grandma’s love.
Charlie And The Elephant
Charlotte, a girl who’s curious and kind, is chosen by a big blue elephant to banish the cruel poachers from the forest. In a daring and determined plan, they join forces with the clever, talkative Mr. Crow and the empathetic, self-sacrificing Miss Ash Tree. With bravery, teamwork, and a surprise ambush by a large flock of crows, they save her friend and savor their triumph! Charlie and the Elephant by Loretta Beacham is a story about a child who cares about other creatures, one who follows her feelings and goes the distance to make a difference. With lovely illustrations by Yvette Besner, it’s a book to be read and remembered.