Review: A delightful, small child's Xmas book
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 8, 2014
"Joe, Sam, & Fred Help Save Christmas" is a preschool-age child's 'Choose Your Own Adventure' e-book by author Christina Johnson with Nicel T. Amolong (Illustrator). This Kindle e-book was approximately 25 printed pages and sold for $2.99 at the time of writing this review.Please Note: the author provided me with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.Some thoughts on "Joe, Sam, & Fred Help Save Christmas"...1.a) a 'choose your own adventure' intended for the preschool aged child with an accompanying parent. The prose, while quite simple, might be too advanced for a child of this age group... so the reading in most cases would probably be done by an adult. Which I believe, was the intended idea.1.b) each read-through is quite short... not much time for a small child to become bored or lose interest.2.) points are reached in the story where the child can choose the direction to take to proceed. So there is a replay value as a different way can be followed during a subsequent read.3.) a beautiful, happy story void of any stress or confrontations.4.) illustrations that are simply gorgeous. In a word... stunning! In addition, our three heroes visually enhance the quality of the story.5.) the story is written in verse that is composed of four lines with a AABB rhyme scheme. This give the reader the opportunity to really apply some verbal 'inflection' when reading out loud.Impression:A little Xmas book of the highest attributes that will help promote child-parent bonding: an event that I can imaging occurring in a cosy, snuggly setting.As it is... 5 Stars.Ray Nicholsonraynicholsonsreviews@hotmail.com@ralannicholson