Santa Mouse is one of my favorite Christmas books as a child. It's hard to believe this book was first published in 1966. I was only a year old when it came out. I'm not sure when I got my first copy, but I remember it from a long time back. Since writing this blog initially, I've read the book again and there's a simplicity about it that makes it special along with the amazing illustrations. I was reading one review earlier where a reader said it was too politically correct because it showed girl mice drinking tea and boy mice playing cowboys & Indians. I had to laugh about that when I read it. I mean, really ... how could she tell if they were girl or boy mice? One of these days I'll have to get the sequel. My kids enjoy this story as much as I do.
Do you have a favorite Christmas book from your childhood that you've passed on to your kids or someone one?
With a cover like that, who wouldn't love Santa Mouse-PC or not?
ReplyDeleteAw, that cover is SO cute! I have a shoebox full of Christmas books that I pull out this time of year and I love each and every one of them! I love reading them to my kids.
ReplyDeleteI don't have a favorite Christmas book, but holiday traditions include; seeing the Nutcracker or the Christmas Carol; watching Rudolph, Frosty, etc.; and no Christmas would be complete without Charlie Brown!
ReplyDeleteI didn't have a favorite either but how I loved Hans Christian Anderson's story about the Christmas tree. It still can make me choke up.
ReplyDeleteOh! I love that one too!
ReplyDeleteAnd my other favorite was a version of the Night before Christmas that I've never found again...