What did Ezri read for the holidays?

It’s been awhile since I’ve written about Ezri’s books.
It’s a little late to recommend holiday fare, but I thought I’d mention 3 that worked out just about right for her interests and attention span this Christmas.

The first one was a gift from librarian friends, so it was well selected.
Santa’s Suit by Kate Lee
Santa is bored with his red suit and tries on suits of different colors which just don’t work for him. By the end he realizes that “Red is best.” There are textures on the pages, so the reader can pet Santa’s fuzzy suit or feel his blue corduroy suit. Ezri loved the changing outfits and it works as a color learning book as well. One quibble is that I’d really liked to have seen in him the orange suit instead of just talking about wearing it with it thrown on the floor. I think Ezri would have liked to see Santa in each color, though the orange suit was in the illustration. She requested this one each day after it came into the house.

Mouse’s First Christmas by Lauren Thompson
A young mouse ventures out exploring and finds presents, a decorated tree, a cookie, Santa. . . To the young mouse everything appears huge and the illustrator does an excellent job of making the reader feel the enormity of the things mouse encounters. Christmas seems big to toddlers and, while it may not be Ezri’s first Christmas, it is the first in which she is participatory. So, she could identify with the mouse experiencing things for the first time in this story. The rhyming text is brief, but richly descriptive making it great for an audience with a short attention span. I also recommend other books in this series by Thompson. Mouse’s First Fall, Mouse’s First Halloween, Mouse’s First Snow

Maisy’s Snowy Christmas Eve by Lucy Cousins
Maisy is a highly anthropomorphised mouse who is having her friends over for Christmas eve to make paper chains, bake pies, and wrap presents. Her friends come over in a heavy snowfall, but Eddie the elephant fails to arrive. All the friends must go out into the snow to find Eddie who is stuck and come to his rescue. The simplistic Maisy books work just right for toddlers and this Christmas offering is no exception. It was longer than some Maisy books, but this did not stop Ezri from asking for it AGAIN. I recommend Cousins’ other books for toddlers too.