

December: The Gift of Giving
To the Little Readers (Read this part out loud to them): What is your favorite part about Christmas? Getting presents? Going to Grandma’s? Those little special cookies? Now, here is another question: do those things make you happy? They do? Oh great! Well, sometimes people get soo focused on making sure they get presents, we do the cookies, and do and do and do that they forget to think about, “Does this make me happy? Does this make anyone else happy?” In our book, The Quilt


November: Be Patient
To the Little Readers (Read this out loud to them): . Did you have a good Thanksgiving? What food did you like best? What holiday comes after Thanksgiving? There’s Christmas and Hanukkah and lots of winter holidays that involve getting….presents! Yes, you’re right! Today is the eve of the first day of December, what I like to call the start of the waiting season. It’s hard to wait! Not just for winter holidays, but for anything. Our book today is about three little owls who h