Merry Christmas, My Darling Dear by Amy Kavelaris uses a family of deer and their animal friends to show what the true meaning of Christmas is. It’s a short children’s book that uses rhyming to tell the story. The illustrations are beautiful and wording is easy for a young child to understand.

Thank you #netgalley for the ARC

I love Christmas books that tell the true story of Christmas. This is a cute book, with pretty pictures. Told from a deer families point of view.

The strength of this delightful Christmas book is the illustrations! They are very endearing and joyful. The rhyming is a little clunky to read in places but the theme of putting Christ first during the Christmas season is strong. Places that actually experience snow during December will relate the most but it is a sweet, wonderfully illustrated picture book that would be a good addition to a child's Christmas book collection!

Thank you for the ARC. I’m not a religious person and didn’t realize it was going that angle. It was a cute story overall with wonderful illustrations.

This was such a good read! Overall, the book was well written and I did really enjoy it. Thank you for this advance reading copy!

I really enjoyed this lovely book, it reminds us of the true meaning of Christmas. It so often gets lost in the hustle and bustle of the holiday but the truth is we should all be grateful for our lives and blessings from God.

The illustrations for this were absolutely gorgeous! I felt that the story was lovely, just a little on the short side even for a children's book.

the art is adorable, but I'm not sure a deer family was the best choice. The story starts with woodland animals in a snowy forest, then they walk into the barn that Jesus was born in? But there’s also a snowy Christmas tree?