I recently bought Robert Munsch’s Finding Christmas to read to my daughter, to get help get her in the
Christmas spirit (she’s three and a half).
I didn’t really need to. She is
very excited about Christmas already and she LOVES this book because it is
about Christmas. It’s a story about
presents and parents and family. I
thought the illustrations were cute, almost telling their own story too. I love the message that the family being
together on Christmas morning is the best part about Christmas, that family is
the best present you can get. Is that a
sappy sentiment? Yes? I don’t care.
I’ve read a couple of negative reviews about this
book. Commenting on the parents giving
the presents instead of Santa and that Munsch just churned this book out for
money. I didn’t realize it was a new
Munsch book; it’s not like I have his back catalogue memorized. Yes, there is no Santa in the story. Does Santa need to be in every holiday
story? Can’t this book be about
family? Does Munsch need the money? Who cares?
A lot of the time I judge children’s books by my
daughter and son’s reactions to them. My
daughter loves this book.
It was only last year that I realized Munsch hadn't written a Christmas book yet and I thought, Munsch+Christmas=$$$.
ReplyDeleteDo I think that needs to affect the quality of the story? Not necessarily. (Though I'll admit to not being a big fan of Munsch, but my kids like him.)
Honestly, I didn't realize it was a new book. I assumed Munsch had wrote it years ago and this was a new printing out for the holidays... I only discovered that it was new when I wrote this review.
DeleteI have a couple Munsch favourites (like Paper Bag Princess), but I don't have to have the book because it's written by him. I also won't read a book to my kids if I think it gives off a bad message (you know that).