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Canadian Christmas Carols
Deck the Halls: A Canadian Christmas Carol
Deck the Halls: A Canadian Christmas Carol
Join Porcupine and his familiar Canadian character friends as they decorate for Christmas! That means loons donning skates, polar bears cozy in slippers and Sled Dogs chasing around the room! All the while, the beavers are busy building a secret surprise . . . what could it be?
This hilarious, tongue-in-cheek re-setting of the popular Christmas carol will have the whole family singing this holiday season!
Join Porcupine and his familiar Canadian character friends as they decorate for Christmas! That means loons donning skates, polar bears cozy in slippers and Sled Dogs chasing around the room! All the while, the beavers are busy building a secret surprise . . . what could it be?
This hilarious, tongue-in-cheek re-setting of the popular Christmas carol will have the whole family singing this holiday season!
32 pages, Hardcover
Published September 27, 2016
34 people want to read
About the author
Helaine Becker
98 books78 followersHelaine Becker has written over 70 books, including the #1 National bestseller, A Porcupine in a Pine Tree,and its sequel, Dashing through the Snow, Sloth at the Zoom, Dirk Daring, Secret Agent, the Looney Bay All-Stars chapter book series, non-fiction including Counting on Katherine, Worms for Breakfast and Zoobots (all Junior Library Guild Selections), Monster Science, You Can Read, Lines Bars and Circles, and Boredom Blasters, plus many picture books and young adult novels. She also writes for children’s magazines and for children's television. Her show Dr. Greenie's Mad Lab was a finalist at MIP.com Junior in Cannes.
She has won the Lane Anderson Award for Science Writing for Children twice,once for The Big Green Book of the Big Blue Sea and once for The Insecto-Files, and the Picture Book of the Year Award from the Canadian Booksellers Association for A Porcupine in a Pine Tree. She has also won three Silver Birch awards and a Red Cedar award.
Helaine Becker holds U.S. and Canadian citizenship. She attended high school in New York, university in North Carolina (Go Blue Devils!!!!) and now lives in Toronto with her husband and dog, Ella. She has two really handsome sons.
She has won the Lane Anderson Award for Science Writing for Children twice,once for The Big Green Book of the Big Blue Sea and once for The Insecto-Files, and the Picture Book of the Year Award from the Canadian Booksellers Association for A Porcupine in a Pine Tree. She has also won three Silver Birch awards and a Red Cedar award.
Helaine Becker holds U.S. and Canadian citizenship. She attended high school in New York, university in North Carolina (Go Blue Devils!!!!) and now lives in Toronto with her husband and dog, Ella. She has two really handsome sons.
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January 15, 2020
Six years ago as a family we first read A Porcupine in a Pine Tree: A Canadian 12 Days of Christmas, and loved it. It has remained a favorite of the children. This year my youngest brought home from her school library both Deck the Halls: A Canadian Christmas Carol and Dashing through the Snow: A Canadian Jingle Bells for us to read together. We dug out the original and read these three back to back twice. Because I review books my youngest has insisted that we review both the ones she brought home.
We have mixed ratings for these books:
My youngest daughter (9) 5/5 Stars
My son (11) 4/5 Stars
Me (50ish) 4/5 Stars
They are fun books, and it is nearly impossible to read them without singing them. In fact, my youngest brought them home so that we could sing them, and her brother could play it on the piano. For me the first one was wonderful, and is very popular by the 5 different editions including a box set with a stuffie of the porcupine. This one has 1 other edition a board book version. They are fun and the kids love them but maybe over worked.
It was fun to return to the same characters. It is fun and the illustrations are fantastic. The lodge keeps getting more and more crowded as the versus progress. The kids love the illustrations. And they love singing the book.
A good picture book, just not as good as the first.
Read the review on my blog Book Reviews and More and reviews of other books by Becker & Werner Zimmermann.
We have mixed ratings for these books:
My youngest daughter (9) 5/5 Stars
My son (11) 4/5 Stars
Me (50ish) 4/5 Stars
They are fun books, and it is nearly impossible to read them without singing them. In fact, my youngest brought them home so that we could sing them, and her brother could play it on the piano. For me the first one was wonderful, and is very popular by the 5 different editions including a box set with a stuffie of the porcupine. This one has 1 other edition a board book version. They are fun and the kids love them but maybe over worked.
It was fun to return to the same characters. It is fun and the illustrations are fantastic. The lodge keeps getting more and more crowded as the versus progress. The kids love the illustrations. And they love singing the book.
A good picture book, just not as good as the first.
Read the review on my blog Book Reviews and More and reviews of other books by Becker & Werner Zimmermann.
December 31, 2017
Deck the Halls by Helaine Becker, illustrated by Werner Zimmerman and published by North Winds Press.
Every year in our advent calendar, every fourth day or so is reserved for a Christmas book. It's so much fun to open up the books each year and read and remember what we love about them. Deck the Halls is one of three books that are Canadian versions of your favourite Christmas carols. We especially love Deck the Halls because it is such a cozy little story/song. Perfect to bring out when you begin decorating for the holidays. It will make you long for being with family surrounded by a roaring fire, belly full of delicious food.
It's hard to read this story as all you will want to do is sing your way through it. The best part is the sheet music is provided for you at the end so you can strike up the family band and update your repertoire.
Every year in our advent calendar, every fourth day or so is reserved for a Christmas book. It's so much fun to open up the books each year and read and remember what we love about them. Deck the Halls is one of three books that are Canadian versions of your favourite Christmas carols. We especially love Deck the Halls because it is such a cozy little story/song. Perfect to bring out when you begin decorating for the holidays. It will make you long for being with family surrounded by a roaring fire, belly full of delicious food.
It's hard to read this story as all you will want to do is sing your way through it. The best part is the sheet music is provided for you at the end so you can strike up the family band and update your repertoire.
November 24, 2021
When Christmas approaches, this book is pulled off the shelf many many times so I can sing it to my son at the top of my lungs. Honestly, he has only ever heard this version so I don't know if he knows the original words to 'Deck the Halls'! We've had so many discussions about the pictures in the book. Yes, this is one of our favourite Christmas books!
December 23, 2017
Loved this book! You can do so much with it; very interactive & repetitive! Just as great as the 12 Days of Christmas : Canada style!
Definitely on my purchase list!
Definitely on my purchase list!
November 29, 2018
Interesting rendition of the song using Canadian animals and characters.
November 22, 2019
A fun read for kids.
January 8, 2020
A fun, Canadian version of "Deck the Halls" with really cute pictures!
January 21, 2020
My daycare children love the adventures of porcupine and animal friends through the season.
December 19, 2016
This series is awesome! Love the Canadian twist in the story/ song. Love the illustration. BRAVO!
December 23, 2016
I was a little disappointed in this book. I LOVE the 12 Days of Christmas and Dashing Through the Snow but this one just seemed to fall short for me.
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