The Birds Christmas Carol (With Original Illustrations): Childrens Classic | 
pickIf you have read and enjoyed other somewhat saccharine children's stories from the 1880s, you will probably enjoy this one as well. A simple story about a girl born on Christmas day but is always delicate and weak and only lives to be 10 years old. Along the way she tries to make life better for her poor neighbors through her warmth and generosity. A lovely story but Carol was not believable as a 10-year-old to me haha I also wasn't surprised ⬇️
It's the last day of November, which means #WinterGames start tomorrow!!!! Time to set some goals for a couple of the month-long readathons!!
To hit my GR goal for the year, I need to read 30 books. And because I like being ridiculous, I've decided to up the goal to 40 books for this readathon. A lot of the books I have on my TBR for the month are on the short side (like the tagged) so this doesn't feel completely unreasonable!!
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pickI have a long-standing sentimental connection to this book; I guess I always will. Carol Bird is born at Christmas as the church choir nearby sang carols; hence her name. While still young, she becomes ill and ultimately bedridden, but brings meaningful joy to everyone she meets. My 3rd grade teacher read this to us one December, a bit each day...
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Two of my favorite Christmas stories!! the one on the right I‘ve been reading and sharing for 60 years ❤️
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🎁 Christmas Eve!
🎄 Grinch
⛄️ Snow people ❄️
🍪 either one!!!! But the best part is the decorating
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Thanks for the tag @JenlovesJT47 ❤️❤️ #tuesdaytidbits #thisorthat
This is a play on words from a beloved childhood book though Why anyone thought this would be a lovely children‘s story is beyond me. So very sad. #birdsofparadise #winterwonderland
Combining #redbooks and #jinglebells for a belated #SeasonsReadings post! I seem to have a disproportionally high number of red books on my “cool old books” shelves. These are just a few... with a couple of lovely Christmas books atop the pile!
Thank you so much #TheKidUpstairs for the adorable bookmarks! All my favorite colors! I love the cute little magnetic ones too! My favorites are the bird one and the one with my name. #bookmarkswap
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I love these little wood trees I picked up in northern Wisconsin. They're primitive but amusing
At a library book sale, I stumbled on this #Christmas story I remember reading as a child. #12daysofXmas #carol #seasonsreadings It's as saccharine as I remember it but definitely of its era in praise of Christian piety and putting the #joy of others first on Xmas. Fun fact: author self-published and sold to raise $$ for her San Francisco school in 1886, before going on to write the book she is best known for, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, in 1903.
#AVeryMerryReadathon - 3890/9300pgs @TheSpineView
#WinterCosy - 13/40bks @PuddleJumper
#AVeryMerryBingo - Hard Candy Christmas @Jadams1776
#AnyWayYouReadathon - 5/5bks (woohoo!) @kimmypete1 @MidnightBookGirl @Eggbeater
#DashingDecember - 705/3150pgs @Andrew65
#WrapItUpReadathon - 13/29bks @keys_on_fire
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