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hygge kids books!

September 19, 2017 ashley donati
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Have you heard of the Danish concept of "hygge"?  It's all about spending time with family and friends in a cozy atmosphere.  The perfect hygge time would be inviting friends over on a chilly night for a warm bowl of chili with chocolate cake for dessert or having a night in with family sitting around in pajamas and playing board games.  I just love the idea of hygge! 

When publishers Little Gestalten sent me a copy of their book My Four Seasons, the first thing that I noticed about it was that the story and illustrations have a very cozy, comforting, hygge mood.  It made me feel more relaxed just flipping through the pages!  

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This story follows one family through the seasons of the year beginning with a snowy, winter New Year's Day, then gardening in the Spring, swimming and drinking lemonade in the summer, playing in the colorful autumn leaves, and skiing on fresh powdery snow.  Each season brings new ways to be together as a family, and this book celebrates that!  What's more hygge than family spending time together cherishing what makes each season special? 

Here are several more books that give us that cozy, hygge feeling.  This part of my post contains affiliated links which means that if you buy something, I will get a small compensation at no cost to you.  Thanks for supporting businesses that support my blog! 

The Napping House
By Audrey Wood
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The Cozy Book
By Mary Ann Hoberman
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The Seven Silly Eaters
By Mary Ann Hoberman
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So Cozy
By Lerryn Korda
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a new edition of grimms' fairy tales from publisher little gestalten!

May 1, 2017 ashley donati

Do your kids read fairy tales?  Albert Einstein once said,

"If you want your kids to be intelligent, read them fairy tales."

I have a weakness for beautiful collections of Grimms' fairy tales, so when publishers Little Gestalten sent me a copy of their latest edition of the beloved stories, I jumped at the chance to take a peek. 

This collection contains twenty stories by brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm along with some of the most fun and interesting illustrations that I've seen in a while.  I have a lot of Grimm books, and each of them offer a different take on the same stories.  I have a few that have more cartoonish pictures and gentler plot lines geared more towards younger readers.  I have a few that are more like history text books going into deep detail about the Grimm brothers' writing process and what was going on in Germany at the time. 

Two things set this edition apart from the others:

1. The illustrations!  Each of the twenty stories is illustrated by a different artist, so there is so much variety from page to page.  Some stories have a very modern, graphic feel.  Some stories are an old world painting feel.  My favorite pictures are in the Little Red Cap story.  They are like 1970s pop graphics in red and white.

2. The choice to feature well-known stories that we all love like Cinderella and Hansel and Grethel as well as less familiar ones like Hans in Luck and Godfather Death. This is an edition that a wide range of ages can enjoy.  My younger son likes to read Little Red Cap and The Frog King, and other stories are geared more towards my older son. 

This is a great edition to any bookshelf!  Go check it out.

Tags kids books, books for kids, grimms, fairy tales, little gestalten
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