The Christmas Extravaganza Hotel
By Tracey Corderoy
Illustrated by Tony Neal
Tiger Tales, 2018. Picture Book.
Today is Christmas Eve! And today of all days I want to share what well may be one of my new favorite Christmas books. Basically a frog has decided to go on a splendid vacation to āThe Christmas Extravaganza Hotelā. Only Frog had his map upside-down and he went to the wrong side of the worldāand now there isnāt enough time to get Frog to the hotel before Christmas starts. Kind Bear (whose home Frog mistook for the hotel) takes pity on Frog and decides to help him have an extraordinary time. The brochure said that there would be a breakfast bar. Bear doesnāt have a breakfast bar so instead he suggests that they make cookies with sprinkles. Frogās brochure says there will be a singing Christmas tree so Bear takes him outside to see a large tree covered in snow and full of singing birds. On and on the adventures goāturning the commercialized activities of the brochure into a quite enchanting time. This is a great new holiday book that shows how kind actions and friends make all the differenceānot the big glitz and glam of an over commercialized holiday. Enchanting.
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