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A review by happytreereads
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey by Susan Wojciechowski
4.0
I FOUND IT.
I found my favorite Christmas book from my childhood. The exact same recording, with the music, and read in the same, deep, soothing voice of James Earl Jones that I remembered so vividly.
mY hEaRt iS bEiNg hEaLed.
I don't remember very many picture books I read when I was little, but I always remembered this one distinctly. Especially the part with the sticky raisin buns, for some reason.
When I read this tonight, on Christmas Eve, I felt like I was eight years old again, transported back in time, sitting on my living room floor, flipping through the pages, looking at the beautiful pictures. There were parts of this book I forgot, but the thing that impacted me the most as a child-the story of love and friendship, of kindness that can change even the most battered heart-stuck with me all these years, and I never forgot it.
Or the sticky raisin buns. Didn't forget those either. They still look SO good.
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ahhhh i just love this book so much.
.
AND I HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATIONS. BECAUSE PEOPLE. they are perfect. i could stare at them for hours. just...they are perfect. i have nothing else to say.
.
I found my favorite Christmas book from my childhood. The exact same recording, with the music, and read in the same, deep, soothing voice of James Earl Jones that I remembered so vividly.
mY hEaRt iS bEiNg hEaLed.
I don't remember very many picture books I read when I was little, but I always remembered this one distinctly. Especially the part with the sticky raisin buns, for some reason.
When I read this tonight, on Christmas Eve, I felt like I was eight years old again, transported back in time, sitting on my living room floor, flipping through the pages, looking at the beautiful pictures. There were parts of this book I forgot, but the thing that impacted me the most as a child-the story of love and friendship, of kindness that can change even the most battered heart-stuck with me all these years, and I never forgot it.
Or the sticky raisin buns. Didn't forget those either. They still look SO good.
.
ahhhh i just love this book so much.
.
AND I HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATIONS. BECAUSE PEOPLE. they are perfect. i could stare at them for hours. just...they are perfect. i have nothing else to say.
.