midigal's Full Review: Mercer Mayer - Merry Christmas Mom and Dad
This review is about the children's book "Merry Christmas Mom And Dad" by Mercer Mayer. This is a Little Critter book, and it is an adorable book.
My friend/coworker had a yard sale, and her 8 year old daughter was getting rid of her old books. I took home several books from this yard sale. My son wasn't even a year old then.
Now he is 13 months old, and he has developed a wild interest in books. I can't even go to the bathroom without him following me holding up a book he wants me to read to him!
Lately, that book has been "Merry Christmas Mom And Dad." I know it's a Christmas book, but it doesn't matter to him what time of year it is, of course, so I've been reading it about 10 times a day for the last week.
His eyes are filled with awe as I read the first page. The book is so cute. It reads in first person from the Little Critter (Apparently, he is of the "Critter" species. :) himself. He talks about all these wonderful things he wanted to do for his parents, like decorate cookies, pick out a tree, carry the box of Christmas balls, etc. but something always keeps him from completing the task, like he kept tasting the cookies, the tree he wanted was too big to take home, the box of Christmas balls was upside down, etc. I think the most humorous page in the book is the one where Little Critter states, "I wanted to put the star on top of the tree all by myself, so Dad helped." ;) How sweet.
When we come to the page where Little Critter is too excited to sleep on Christmas Eve, I always read it in a hushed yet excited voice, and my son giggles every time. The page after this one show Santa Claus in his sleigh, and my son loves to stare at this very lovely and detailed picture. In fact, this particular set of pages has no words, but the picture captivates without any help.
As soon as I close this book after a full read, my boy is already shaking the book at me again, sometimes "grunting" for more (hey, he's only 13 months old!)! He likes all books so far, but he seems to be more attached to this one than to any other one in our collection.
Hey, Christmas is coming up in about a month or so... I bet he'll still love this book!!
Now if I can just figure out a way to keep from reading it 5 times in one sitting... :)
In summary, this book is amazing. Great text, great pictures, and cute Little Critter! :) I would definitely recommend this book for any child, especially one who is under the age of 6. Remember how exciting Christmas was back then??? This book will bring that all back. :)
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