12 Days of Christmas

Probably one of the prettiest copies of The 12 Days Of Christmas. I loved all the illustrations & I how even though the story is one filed with chaos it’s still beautifully depicted in this book. I think this copy would be perfect to keep as a special Christmas book which could be passed down for generations.

A beautiful book based on the eponymous classic Christmas song. The pictures were beautiful and whimsical with tons of fun details to spot. Children and adults will surely enjoy this one!

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for providing this ARC.

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This is a really nice picturebook, and I love the art on each spread! It really makes the poem come to life and helps contextualize what it is actually saying. I also really like that it had the explanation on one of the final pages!

This was a super fun and cute read. The text is the same as the 12 Days of Christmas song, but the illustrations really added a special something to the story. The colors on the illustrations were beautiful, and made for a very engaging read. The last illustration with all of the hidden objects was a fun and unexpected addition.

Lara Hawthorne's style comes through in these beautiful illustrations. The girl starring in the book begins with a few animal friends -- a dog, a black cat, and a mouse. These animals continue through the story on each page and add another animal (partridge, hens, etc.) as each thing is added in the song.

There are so many details in the images that it would be a fun book to go through as a family and point out the different things you see. "Find the black cat" or "find the mouse" will be popular games with this title! One of my favorite small details is one of the six geese a-laying -- who has made a nest on the toilet and has toilet paper in her mouth! I also loved the mouse wearing a top hat and carrying a cane for ten lords a-leaping and playing a drum with the twelve drummers drumming.

True to the detail of the rest of the book, there is a bonus spread at the end with all of the characters from the carol hidden fo you to find. In this picture, the woman and her "true love" (also a woman) are surrounded by their animals and the gifts from the carol.

Highly recommended for families looking for a fun Christmas activity and story to read.

A delightfully illustrated edition of the traditional Christmas song. The French hens are especially lovely. There's a lot to look at on each page - the depiction of the day's gift, from the partridge in her pear tree to to the twelve drummers drumming, as well as a dog, a cat and a mouse that appear in each spread. It was fun to look for them all and see where they turned up.

This whimsical book is a perfect holiday gift for children and adults alike! Featuring the iconic Christmas poem, along with charming illustrations that bring the season to life. Look for the delightful dog, cat and mouse in each scene that captures a segment of the poem. 12 DAY OF CHRISTMAS is the third in a joyful series that includes SILENT NIGHT and THE CHRISTMAS CHOIR. Highly recommended!

5 of 5 Stars

Pub Date 06 Oct 2020

Grateful to Laura Hawthorne, Quarto Publishing Group - Frances Lincoln Children’s Books, and NetGalley for the review copy. Opinions are mine.

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A pleasantly illustrated copy of the titular song, carol, poem – or whatever you specifically want to call it. The verse is well presented, as are all the peculiar gifts and characters that are involved. For some time you're due to find everything mentioned in every image, but after a while that stops – only for one giant, concluding spotting and counting test to undergo, where the whole shebang is brought all together. An obvious yet enjoyable choice for seasonal gift.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review.

Such a lovely book, with beautiful illustrations. I particularly enjoyed the last page looking for everything!

A perfect Christmas gift for children and adults alike.

I can’t wait for Christmas!

This is a lovely depiction of the well known Christmas song. The illustrations are a modern interpretation which includes many items found at Christmas in the home. The pictures are clear and of a simple style which helps the spotting of various items. After the first few days not every item mentioned in the song for that day is included, but at the very end of the book there is a large spread which does include all the gifts mentioned in the song for children to spot perhaps with the help of a companion. There is also an interesting section explaining the history of the song.
This would make a very special Christmas gift for a child.

Ah, a classic.

This is a great picture book with colourful illustrations to the tune of The Twelve Days of Christmas. Get your singing voice ready, because this song is gonna be stuck in your head... so you might as well sing it! Who cares if it's not even October yet? SING ON.

I love the pictures in this book! I remember back in my youth I had a picture book with the song in it and it was so dull. It literally showed the exact pictures and I thought it was dumb (I was like... 4? I was already a critical reviewer. What can I say?). This book has more colours, more pictures and keeps you looking around the picture. Every time you will find something new. This may be too busy for some readers, but for me it was a fun outing.

This book does add something "new" to the story: It has some facts at the end about the song! So I was pleasantly surprised AND I learned something new.

Four out of five stars.

Thank you to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing for providing me a free copy of this book in exchange of an honest review.

I received an electronic ARC from Quarto Publishing Group – Frances Lincoln Children's Books through NetGalley.
Hawthorne offers a fresh look at a familiar song for the holiday season. Readers will enjoy finding the gifts on each page as they read through this older Christmas song. The various gifts interact and mingle in the softly colored illustrations. I appreciate the seek and find page spread at the end of the book along with the information text about the song.
A delightful new book to add to family collections.

This book beautifully illustrates the classic Christmas carol '12 days of Christmas'. I loved the calmikg colors used in the pictures and the Christmas details on each page. It was also fun to have the hidden images search at the end of the story.

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I adored this sweet picture book about the 12 days of Christmas. It has bright, colorful illustrations on every page. I also enjoyed the spot at the end that gives a bit more history on the origins of the 12 Days of Christmas song. This one is definitely going on our favorite Christmas books shelf!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an electronic copy to read and review.

I love the 12 Days of Christmas. I have a ton of books that I use in the classroom for students to compare and contrast with. The illustrations in this one are going to be so fun for them to look through. I can already picture students using the various illustrations to play I-spy. A great book for a fun carol.

Thanks netgally for allowing me to read This book. I think kids of all ages will enjoy this book. The pictures were well done and will put anyone in the holiday spirit.

I absolutely loved this illustrated version of one of my favourite christmas themed poems.
The use of bright colors and coordinating the scenes as the poem progresses looked surreal!
I can't wait for the title to release so I can get a physical copy and have a very Christmas-sy experience!

This was a cute take on the classic Christmas carol. I loved the illustrations and found this especially appealing to younger kids. But it almost felt like there was something for all ages.

You had the classic carol, some history, a search and find photo, and cute illustrations. This would be great for the whole family to enjoy.

I do wish it seemed a little more festive Christmas but it makes sense give the history and purpose of the song. Very cute.

In this edition of 12 Days of Christmas each verse comes to life with beautiful illustrations. The illustrations are really busy and gives the eyes of a child something to look at while being read or sung to.

Beautifully illustrated telling of the 12 Days of Christmas. My kids loved singing along to the pages and finding all of the items in each illustration. They especially enjoyed finding the extra special characters hidden in each scene. There's a nice history about the 12 days of Christmas at the end of the book which gives it a bit more context. It would be a great holiday gift.

This is such a cute picture book. The illustrations take the simple holiday jingle to the next level for me. It is such a joy to spend time in each picture spread to find all the little gems. It has a cozy atmosphere perfect for the season it is representing.

What a gorgeously illustrated book celebrating the traditional song The Twelve Days of Christmas. I loved the style of the illustrations and the diversity they included.

I just loved this picture book! It just brings to life the whole Twelve Days of Christmas song. The illustrations are cute, although a little busy, but that’s what make this book so charming. An added bonus, there’s a search and find activity at the end. What fun!

A treasure of a book that is perfect for gifting to friends and family. I definitely have to get this book to grace my coffee table during Christmas-time. An amazing five stars.

I received a digital ARC from Quarto Publishing Group through NetGalley. The review herein is completely my own and contains my honest thoughts and opinions.

A wonderful take on the traditional Christmas carol. The 12 Days of Christmas has less-traditional drawings of a Christmas scene- not a snowflake or snowman to be seen. Lovely illustrations make this a refreshing look at the Christmas season, perfect for all children, but particularly those who live in a warmer climate and don't recognize Christmas as a time of blizzards and freezing temperatures.

Thank you to Netgalley and Quarto Publishing Group – Frances Lincoln Children's Book for my copy of 12 Days of Christmas by Lara Hawthorne in exchange for an honest review. It publishes October 6, 2020.
What a beautiful book! I'm sure most people are familiar with the Christmas carol, "The Twelve Days of Christmas" and this is a word-for-word book. It also has a pages that explains where the carol originated.
My absolute favorite part of this book were the illustrations! I found myself wishing I could have art prints to hang on my wall during Christmas time, or to have these printed on cards to give out at the holidays.
There is also a look and find page which is also quite beautiful. Anyone can enjoy the details of each picture!
I highly recommend this beautiful book, and it would make a great gift!

Lara Hawthorne's 12 Days of Christmas is absolutely beautiful! The illustrations are captivating and each worth being their own print on your wall at home. I love the diversity in these illustrations as well - a welcome change!
This is a book that I would gift to any kiddo! The '12 drummers drumming' page was my fave!

I love this! It’s a great children’s book for Christmas. I especially enjoy the illustrations in this book.

The illustrations were very lovely, but nothing ever really said Christmas for me. But I did enjoy seeing the gifts previously mentioned make appearance in subsequent pages.

Almost every adult knows this classic Christmas song, but do your kids? Mine don’t, but they would definitely love this book! The illustrations are so colorful and detailed! I really loved the extra information about the origins of the song and the seek and find section at the end.

This book is so beautiful and definitely will be added to my Christmas book collection. 12 Days of Christmas by Lara Hawthorne takes the familiar Christmas carol and gives it a whole new vision. The illustrations are gorgeous and captivating. I love the "About the Carol" section at the end of the book where it gives more insight to the origins and meaning of the much-loved carol. Additionally, the book includes an "I Spy" page at the end, which would be SO fun to read with a child. I cannot wait to order this and have my own physical copy for my home and my kindergarten class.

This book is so beautiful! There isn’t too much to critique in the way of words with this book. I did love how the text was all in the same paragraph and same page making it easy to read (or sing!) to little kiddos. The illustrations throughout the book are so lovely. They are busy, but it made it fun to try and find some of the things in the song on the page. There’s even a search and find page in the back of the book.
Overall, I wold definitely buy this for my child, and even as gifts for other kids at Christmas time. It’s a beautiful retelling if the song!

What a gorgeous book! These illustrations are beautiful and engaging. So many things to look at and the kids find something new each time we read it. I love getting to share this beloved poem with my children.

This Christmas picture book was really fun with the non-traditional colors and the look and find aspect. The people in the book are diverse.

It's a good Christmas book for kids.
I loved the illustrations and loved lerarnig more about the history of the song that inspired this book.
No doubt i would buy this book to offer to any child.

Words to the Song with Rustic Illustrations

This book is an illustrated version of the Christmas song classic. Each verse is given a two-page spread depicting it, except for the fifth day that has a separate two-page spread just for the golden rings. Until the seventh day, you see all the previous gifts as well as the new one. After that, though, there are too many maids-a-milking, ladies dancing, and lords-a-leaping to keep everything previously mentioned in the song on a two-page spread. The illustrator was careful to show lords, ladies, and maids of different ethnic backgrounds, and the drummers and pipers are also men and women. At the end of the book, the author gives a two-page spread that shows all the gifts, and she has a brief explanation about what the 12 Days of Christmas means (the twelve days between Christmas and the Epiphany) and how the song might have come about. I wasn't wild about the illustrations. They seem like flat, rustic-style folk art to me, which I don't find visually appealing. I did, however, find the fanciful lords with their top hats and canes leaping about the two-page spread highly amusing. If your child enjoys Christmas carols, as I did when I was a child, she or he may like a book that depicts the zaniness of what this Christmas carol would look like with its abundance of odd gifts.

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I love this so much. We all know the carol "12 Days of Christmas" this is paired with BEAUTIFUL illustrations. I love the vintage feel to this book. I also loved getting to learn more about the carol, as I never knew the meaning behind it.

Thanks to #NetGalley, the publisher Quatro Publishing Group - Frances Lincoln Children's Books and Lara Hawthorne for providing me with a digital ARC of #12Daysof Christmas in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own and not influenced in any way.

I loved this book based on the traditional song, the illustrations were good and made the poem come to life. This would make a lovely Christmas present with the find the hidden objects on the last page adding to the fun.

My kids and I loved reading this beautiful picture book version of the 12 Days of Christmas! The illustrations are great and we loved how everything was laid out in the book. This would be a wonderful addition to your Christmastime library, or also be a great gift!

I was really charmed by this picture book with those really whimsical and beautiful illustrations that certainly capture the Christmas spirit. I'm sure both kids and adults will enjoy it.

This is a beautifully illustrated edition of the classic Christmas song. It's sure to be loved by those who have grown up loving it, as well as new generations being introduced to it. Many thanks to NetGalley and Frances Lincoln Children's Books for the advance copy.

12 days of Christmas is a lovely read and has absolutely stunning drawings. It's also a great exercise to read aloud and practice. The kids had a great time running through the verses and searching for all the items and objects in each of the pages!

I received an advance reader copy of this book to read in exchange for an honest review via netgalley and the publishers.

12 days of christmas is a book of rustic illustrations accompanying the classic christmas song the 12 days of christmas. Each illustration is beautifully done with amazing detail. I loved how at the back of the book there was a page with information for children about the meaning of the song.
This is a beautiful addition for any child's book shelf!

5★
“On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me: a partridge in a pear tree.”

I defy anyone who grew up with this Christmas carol not to hear the tune and not to want to keep going to the 12th day. This is certainly one of my favourite seasonal songs, made even better with Hawthorne’s gorgeous illustrations! There’s one for every day (well, of course!), and it’s fun to see how many things have been accumulated.

My Goodreads review include the illustration for:
On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me: a partridge in a pear tree.”

You’ll note that she does already have a few pets in her colourfully crowded house!

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On the second day of Christmas my true love sent to me: two turtle doves . . .

The animals do get to wander around outside. Are the newcomers all there on the fourth day?

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On the fourth day of Christmas my true love sent to me: four calling birds . . .

I’d now like to call your attention to the delightful departure from classical stereotypes to a slightly more modern take on the maids below.

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On the eighth day of Christmas my true love sent to me: eight maids a milking. . .

Again, the ladies below are admittedly all wearing long frocks, but the variety of people and styles of garb (and behaviour!) represent an interesting cross-section of cultures and ages.

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On the ninth day of Christmas my true love sent to me: nine ladies dancing . . .

This is just beautiful. There is a description of the history of the carol alongside an illustration of the tree and the girl, dancing with someone I imagine is her true love.

My Goodreads review include the illustration which includes the history of the carol:
. . . and a partridge in a pear tree!

Why do I think this is her true love? If you can see the picture below clearly (it may be too small), just to the right of the middle, sitting on the river bank, are 'our' girl and her dance partner, holding hands, with a bright red love heart between their heads.

My Goodreads review include the illustration of the last page, which asks:
“Can you find everything from the song hidden in this busy scene?”

Yes, and if we look, we can find even more subtle meanings in the illustrations. Absolutely lovely and a great gift for anyone with or without children!

Thanks to NetGalley and Quarto’s Frances Lincoln Children’s Books for the preview copy.

I received an arc of this title from NetGalley for an honest review. The song twelve days of Christmas turned into a picture book.

A beautiful retelling of the classic Christmas rhyme. This edition is illustrated so nicely, which would be engaging to even the smallest reader. A book to buy and have for years, to read every holiday. Very special, and I also love how there are some seek and find activities included.

A good read for the children! A good bedtime book. My brands loved it. It is a good and lively take on the classic song. This book will get you into the Christmas spirit!

This is a book for the song "12 Days of Christmas" with illustrations. At the end, the author shared tidbits about the song, and a game of finding the items. An interesting book to help kids counting and searching for the items mentioned.

Loved this! The illustrations were amazing, and it really helped visualize the poem. I would highly recommend for younger children as well.

A sweet and simple new edition of the beloved song, 12 Days of Christmas is beautifully illustrated and is sure to make you smile.