The Log Cabin Christmas

by Ellen Howard

Book Overview

Elviry decides that her family really needs to celebrate Christmas in their new home in the Michigan woods even though it will not be the same since her mother died. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823413810
• ISBN13: 9780823413812
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: Holiday House
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.3" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Beautiful and Sad

This beautiful and sad picture book is about a family whose mother has died. The mother had been the one to provide the spirit of Christmas for the family. In their new location, the family didn't have a church or typical supports in their Michigan home. Finally the family came together to celebrate Christmas. Some children experience great sadness at Christmas time and the book could help facilitate discussion about celebrations when there is no father, a mother was in prison, or family members located in a distance land. This book might work well to prompt discussion about how the sadness with memories is okay, and children can take steps to make ourselves feel better. The time period and simplicity of the story would work in a historical unit.