The Twelve Days of Christmas in Oregon

by Susan Blackaby, Carolyn Conahan (Illustrator)

Overview

Have a merry Oregon Christmas, from the rain forest to the desert to the mountains to the beach. Cousins Liz and Danny are seeing it all: theyre camping near the Columbia River like Lewis and Clark, collecting "thunder eggs," and snowboarding near a volcano. With everything from busy beavers and howling wolves to tumbling waterfalls and food carts with yummy eats, Oregon is amazing!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781454929970
Publisher:	Union Square Kids
Publication date:	09/04/2018
Series:	Twelve Days of Christmas in America Series
Pages:	22
Sales rank:	377,212
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 6.90(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 5 Years

About the Author

Susan Blackaby is the author of numerous books for young readers, including Sterling's Brownie Groundhog and the February Fox (praised in a starred review by School Library Journal as “particularly endearing . . . delightful”), and its sequel Brownie Groundhog and the Wintry Surprise, as well as a poetry collection, Nest, Nook, and Cranny (Charlesbridge), which won the 2011 Lion and Unicorn Award for Excellence in North American Poetry. She is the also the author of this season’s Sterling Biographies®: Alexander Hamilton. Susan lives in Portland, OR.

Carolyn Digby Conahan is the staff artist for Cricket magazine, responsible for drawing all the little bugs in the margins! She has illustrated several children’s books, and both wrote and illustrated The Twelve Days of Christmas Dogs (Dutton Children's Books) and The Big Wish (Chronicle), which received the 2011 Oregon Spirit Book award for Picture Book Literature by the Oregon Council of Teachers of English. Carolyn lives in Portland, OR. Learn more about her at carolyndigbyconahan.com.

Editorial Reviews

09/15/2014
In this addition to the Twelve Days of Christmas in America series, a boy named Damon visits his Oregonian cousin Liz, who gives him a crash course in all that the state has to offer. Opposite an Oregon-themed version of “The Twelve Days of Christmas” (from “12 crabbers crabbing” to “a meadowlark in a fir tree”), Damon’s letters home to his parents reveal how much he’s learning about Oregon. Blackaby packs an impressive amount of information into these missives, including a few holiday-appropriate tidbits (the cousins camp near the Donner und Blitzen River, “which comes from the German words for ‘thunder’ and ‘lightning,’ ” Damon recounts). Conahan’s spirited watercolors are full of humorous asides and details to examine, culminating in a cozy holiday campfire on the beach. Series entries highlighting Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania will be simultaneously available. Ages 5–up. (Oct.)

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