AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Robert Kraus/ Pam Kraus
PUBLISHER:
Windmill Books, Inc. and Simon & Schuster, a division of Gulf & Western
Corporation PUBLICATION DATE: 1981
GENRE: Christmas Poetry/Realistic Fiction
READING LEVEL: Ages 4-6
BRIEF OVERVIEW: A short poem about Christmas that is illustrated by beautiful pictures that have been treated with non-toxic phosphorescence, which makes the lights in the book glow in the dark.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Give the students pre-cut
Christmas trees and have them color on lights and ornaments with crayons. When
they are finished, you can paint over the colored parts with glow in the dark
paint and let them dry. Show the students their Christmas trees with glow in
the dark lights the next day!
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Katie Holliday, Valdosta State University ECSE)
