Book Review: 'Merry Un-Christmas' written by Mike Reiss & illustrated by David Catrow

✰✰✰✰½ Can there ever be too many Christmas presents? Too much turkey? Yes, there can. Just ask Noelle.  Noelle lives in Christmas City, which means it is Christmas 364 days a year. Most kids would be delighted, but Noelle wishes for Un-Christmas Day instead.

Un-Christmas Day is the one day a year she can go to school, eat TV dinners, and get letters from the mailman. Oh, what fun it is to put away the Christmas tree too. In fact, it's so much fun, Noelle wishes it could be Un-Christmas Day every day of the year!

The Bottom Line: It's easy to think the grass is always greener on the other side of the mountain, but is it really? It's just something to consider in this charming Christmas picture book filled with colorful and humorous illustrations. This fun book is enthusiastically recommended for story time and bed time holiday reading.

Details: Merry Un-Christmas written by Mike Reiss & illustrated by David Catrow. Picture book published by HarperCollins Publishers in 2006. 32 p. ISBN: 978-0-06-059127-4