My usual posting days didn't fall on Twelfth Night this year, and, I didn't find twelve books, so I'm just going to divide what I did find into two posts leading up to January 6th. :-)

This is, I've learned, a 'moveable' book, pages that lift up, or rotate to show a new image. And, given the subtitle, it would also fit with other counting books. :-) The 12 Days of Christmas: a carol-and-count flap book, by Tad Hills is a nice, quiet 'interactive' book (before the computer age) that lets readers lift the flap to find out what happens next. Probably more fun for those of a certain age than youngsters today. ;-)

This book, Twelve Days: a Christmas Countdown, by Gordon Snell, and illustrated by Kevin O'Malley had one odd twist ... why 10 reindeer and not 8? Ah, well, I'll never know, but it was still a fun read as chaos (and excitement) build in the days leading up to Christmas.

A bit of a spin this time, in The Twelve Days of Winter: a School Counting Book, by Deborah Lee Rose and illustrated by Carey Armstrong-Ellis. See how a teacher keeps her students busy with a new activity every day.

Exquisite, colorful, detailed ... the illustrations in The Twelve Days of Christmas by Laurel Long are all these and more. Look carefully and find elements of other days in the pictures.

Reading Hermit With Dog