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Title: Christmas Eve Blizzard

Author: Andrea Vlahakis

Narrator: Donna German

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-11-15

Publisher: Arbordale Publishing

Genres: Kids, Ages 5-7

Publisher's Summary:

A young boy and his abuelo push aside their Christmas preparation to rescue a beautiful cardinal during a blizzard. The bird quickly responds to their kindness, regains its strength, and flies off. The cardinal sweetly and unexpectedly rewards the boy, his grandfather, and their entire village with a lifetime of Christmas cheer.

The "For Creative Minds" section contains instructions to create a bird-friendly backyard, simple bird feeder crafts, a "Cardinal Numbers" math game, and information on what to do if you find an injured bird. Encourages children to care for animals.

Members Reviews:

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This is a wonderful children's book. I really liked the educational information in the back

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This book is a very nice 'gentle' reminder to care for not only your own ...

Very charming nature Christmas book. Don't know if it's a true story or not...but written as if it was or 'could' be. A little boy and his Grandpa is watching a blizzard come in. The little boy worries about the little tree that they planted wondering if it will be strong enough to endure. Then he sees a cardinal (a bird that usually they don't see in his area) fly and drop to the ground. He goes out in the deep snow and very cold to rescue the bird. They nurture the bird until they allow him to go again. Years later every year that same tree has grown full grown and it is full of cardinals! This book is a very nice 'gentle' reminder to care for not only your own human family during the holidays and winter but to take care of the animals around you and in turn they will remember that for years to come. In the back of this book are information to care for an orphaned bird, crafts etc. Nicely done book

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Vlahakis. Andrea. Christmas Eve Blizzard. Illustrated by Emanuel (Manny) Schongut. Mt. Pleasant, SC. Sylvan Dell Publishing. 2005. Hardback. $15.95. ISBN 10:0-9764943-3-7 Ages Pre-school-Grade 2

Nick and his grandfather are concerned about a young apple tree they planted only seven months ago. Can it survive the blizzard?

As Nick watches the snow swirling furiously, he bundles up and goes out to rescue a brilliant red bird that has tumbled out of the tree into a snow drift. Grandpa recognizes the cardinal, but says it is rarely seen in his area, especially at this time of year.

Grandfather and grandson work together to build a cage. When the cardinal recovers, they set it free. All winter Nick watches for the cardinal, but it does not return.

After Nick grows up a strange incident occurs. People come from all around to see what they perceive of as the apple tree that is filled with apples in the winter. As they come closer they realize it is not apples. Every Christmas the apple tree is filled with cardinals.

At the end of Christmas Eve Blizzard are five pages for teaching children. In a section titled, "For Creative Minds" environmental information abounds. Included are "Teaching Trivia," making bird feeders, even how to care for an injured bird. An especially easy, but interesting project is peanut butter on pine cones hung in trees to feed birds in winter.

This is Andrea's first picture book. Most of her work is about nature. As a child she rescued a bird during a blizzard.

Schongut, a prolific illustrator of all levels of books, has illustrated for many publishing houses.