Christmas Books for Kids: Home for Christmas by Jan Brett

I feel like I grew up with Jan Brett!


I was horse crazy, and her Native American and horse prints were exciting when they first came out, and I admit I had them hanging up in my apartment when I was in my 20s still! She is just such a wonderful artist!


We have a couple of other Christmas books by Brett, so I knew this one would be of equal, or better, quality, and I wasn't wrong!

Synopsis: In what is sure to become a perennial favorite, bestselling author Jan Brett weaves the holiday tale of a wild little troll who runs away from home.  With so many chores to be done at home, Rollo tries living with various woodland animals (including an owl family, a mother bear and two rambunctious cubs, some playful river otters, a hungry lynx and a friendly moose family), as fall turns into a cold snowy winter, but he finds out that there is no place like home on Christmas.

Review: I was not disappointed with this book! The illustrations are gorgeous and super detailed!  As you can see from the above sample page, the illustrations are big and cover 2 pages, with insets with characters from the story acting out things going on at the same time as the verse on the pages.


The story is very cute, and teaches a moral story about home being better than we think, and how much we miss it when it's gone. It also teaches the joy in giving and doing for others, in a way that kids can understand! This is a GORGEOUS book, and I highly recommend it for gift giving!


About the Author:  Jan Brett (www.janbrett.com) is the beloved New York Times bestselling author/illustrator of many books for children. She lives in Norwell, Massachusetts.


Disclosure / Disclaimer: I received this book, free of charge, from Penguin Young Readers Group Publishing, for review  purposes on this blog. No other compensation, monetary or in kind, has been received or implied for this post. Nor was I told how to post about it.