December Twenty-Five: 12/25  is a story about the traditions of Christmas through the eyes of a boy named Constantine. It is the third title of the Celebrate the HoliDates® children’s book series. It’s a fun and information-packed lyrical read that sparks wonder and reinforces a recognition of family-favorite rituals. Readers and listeners engage with playful text and vibrant pictures. A fun and simple word-search question sets the book in motion. It’s a quest to fi nd the message within the story. As the tale ends, the sought-after message rewards the word-seeking reader.

December Twenty-Five: 12/25 contains a “History of Christmas” section that explores the Christmas tie to the traditional winter solstice celebration, with origins dating back more than 2,000 years. Readers travel through time learning the history of Christmas through the centuries. Written for young, elementary-aged children, the book reveals recognizable cultural connections relating the symbols of the season to both religious and non-religious customs. 

With lots of descriptions and colorful pictures, December Twenty-Five paints a portrait of the season. Children will connect with the familiar Christmas Eve and Christmas Day themes. 

December Twenty-Five: 12/25 celebrates the season with a recipe for festive cookies highlighted in the book — shared from the Celebrate the HoliDates® kitchen. Making the special treat creates a fun baking experience that is sure to ignite a new tradition in honor of the holiday season. The recipe provides an activity for both classrooms and families to share a love of seasonal foods and baking in the kitchen.

Each Celebrate the HoliDates® book explores traditional celebrations throughout the year, orienting young readers to the calendar in general, the seasons and holidays with specific dates.

October Thirty-One—10/31 is a fun and artfully educational story told from a young boy’s perspective. The story pinpoints the calendar date of a kid-favorite holiday—Halloween. Kids learn that Halloween arrives in the fall. They discover that trick or treating for candy was born out of a centuries-old European custom known as souling. The author uncovers the roots of many Halloween traditions to give greater meaning to the celebration. The book even contains a traditional recipe for a Middle Ages treat that links the past with the present.

October Thirty-One—10/31 is part of the Celebrate the HoliDates® children’s book series. Celebrate the HoliDates® books encourage readers to harmonize their understanding of recurring life events with the concept of time and scheduling. Kids learn that they can locate the dates of their favorite holidays on a calendar, inspiring an appreciation of the cyclical nature of annual festivities. Recognizing repetitive characteristics inherent in celebrating the holidays they cherish—on the same date each year—helps kids develop useful calendar skills.