Tag Archives: Christmas
The Christmas Magic by Lauren Thompson, Jon J Muth (illustrator)
Merry Christmas Everyone! I thought I might take a moment today to share a book I bought this year. I am a big fan of Jon J. Muth. We have a number of his books and my children particularly enjoy … Continue reading
Dakota Christmas (Kindle Single) by Joseph Bottum
As noted yesterday, Dakota Christmas, the Kindle Single by Joseph Bottum, was something of a surprise hit. As a magazine writer and editor Bottum had written a number of Christmas pieces over the years and as a result was contacted … Continue reading
Joseph Bottum on a Dakota Christmas
This week’s edition of Coffee & Markets is appropriately focused on Christmas. Pejman and I are joined by Joseph Bottum, author of the surprise Kindle Single hit Dakota Christmas, to discuss his upbringing on the plains of the Dakotas, the … Continue reading
An Elk Dropped in by Andreas Steinhöfel
This is why libraries and bookstores have special sections, tables, endcaps, etc. I was running into the library to pick up a book I had reserved when An Elk Dropped in caught my eye. A quick look and I was intrigued. Here … Continue reading
The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry (Lisbeth Zwerger, illustrator)
If for some odd reason you haven’t read this classic tale, you should. It really is poignant and charming. A young couple struggling to make ends meat determined to give Christmas gifts worthy of the love they share end up giving “useless” gifts but who are, in O. Henry’s words, “the wisest of all who give and receive gifts.” Continue reading