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Hawthorne, Lara, Illustrator

12 Days of Christmas

32 pp. | Frances Lincoln | October, 2020 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7112-4540-2 $16.99
(2) PS Christmas Choir series. With a similar look and sensibility to her Silent Night (rev. 11/18), Hawthorne presents a homey, folksy version of the carol (written in the 1700s per a conversational appended note) that's not old-fashioned. The folk art–style illustrations, in digitally edited gouache, depict a verdant rural scene; as our narrator contemplates her ever-more-crowded home, gifts spill out of doors and into the surrounding countryside. A creamy background provides the white-of-the-page, while spreads are filled nearly to the brim with subdued hues and patterns galore. A lively cast of players winds in and out of scenes--culminating with the narrator's "true love" (another woman) pictured amidst flourishes of hearts and stars beneath that pear tree. A search-and-find spread concludes the book.
Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2020

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