Joy to the World: 25 Days of Christmas on Sesame Street

by Sesame Workshop

Overview

Joy is love, peace, and Christmas. Celebrate with your favorite Sesame Street friends in this heartwarming Christmas picture book for kids!

It's the most wonderful time of the year to share cheer and fun with those you love! This all-new, holiday story from the world-renowned brand Sesame Street offers a delightful take on what joy means as we celebrate the jolliest season. Join Elmo, Big Bird, Abby Cadabby, and all of their friends as they discover the many reasons to feel gratitude and happiness during the holidays in this sweet, merry story that families will treasure for years to come! This heartwarming and festive kids book is the perfect early Christmas gift for children that doubles as an exciting countdown to Christmas Day and features activity ideas in the back to spread joy all around!

Why readers love Joy to the World:

• Parents, grandparents, and families will enjoy reading aloud this inspiring holiday story with children ages 3-7
• The perfect Christmas gift, holiday stocking stuffer, and Elmo book for toddlers and kids
• Bonus activity suggestions in the back provide endless screen-free fun ideas for children to enjoy during the winter season plus suggested acts of kindness to give back to others during the holidays

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781728250359
Publisher:	Sourcebooks
Publication date:	09/01/2022
Series:	Sesame Street Scribbles Series
Pages:	40
Sales rank:	204,937
Product dimensions:	8.10(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	4 - 7 Years

About the Author

Sesame Workshop is the nonprofit educational organization behind the world-renowned children’s program Sesame Street. With the mission of helping kids grow smarter, stronger, and kinder, Sesame Workshop has worked with educators to develop programs tailored to the unique needs of children all over the world. Sesame Workshop works to teach the whole child, providing lessons on topics from ABCs and 123s to health, emotional well-being, and respect.

Editorial Reviews

"A great addition to any advent calendar family tradition... perfect for any Christmas lover aged 2 years old to 6 years old" — Youth Services Book Review

From the Publisher

08/12/2022

PreS-K—This Sesame Street tie-in concept book explores the many facets of Christmas joy, with each page listing a new example of joyful pursuits, including giving gifts, decorating a tree, making cards, and sharing milk and cookies. The Muppets traverse snowy landscapes to go sledding, build a snowman, and sing carols; indoors, they wrap presents, play board games, and share tender moments. Alongside these pleasurable family activities, the book offers positive examples of community service, including donating clothes and goods and participating in a charity walk; the back matter contains a list of further suggestions. While entirely good-natured, the text is locked into an unwavering structure—each sentence begins with "joy is"—that soon begins to grow monotonous, making shared read-alouds a chore. The Sesame Street Muppets, designed to be brought to life in the hands of puppeteers, are a poor choice for depicting true depth of feeling in the static medium of illustrations. Identical bland smiles worn by the characters on every page create an emotional dullness, mirrored in the flat texture of the inconsistently shaded digital-style art. VERDICT The positive intentions of this commercial tie-in fail to elevate its lackluster execution.—Jonah Dragan

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