![]() Sam took it all in with wide, hungry eyes. At night the children lug armfuls of new toys up to bed and fall asleep in a room strewn with books, a tricycle, and a locomotive the size of a toddler. Peter Spier’s Christmas! follows three children and their parents as they shop, decorate, bake, wrap, sing, wait, and finally tear open gifts on Christmas morning in a frenzy of delight. It was a book about Christmas, but it was popular with Sam year-round. ![]() We sink into a worn reading chair and travel into the world of a story.įor a stretch of time when my son Samuel was three, each night he demanded that we read a particular book by the author and illustrator Peter Spier. Their breathing slows and deepens, and so does mine. Jittery limbs stop moving for the first time all day. After a day of running and leaping, they climb into my lap at bedtime and almost instantly grow calm. ![]() Their reaction is physical as much as mental. ![]() When I read to my two sons, I find myself marveling at the way they respond to good books. ![]()
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