Happy books

We have an assortment of holiday books (which are on sale for 30% off by the way) but I have two favorites. They are both by, of all people, Lemony Snicket – and they aren’t unfortunate or unpleasant, in fact they are quite charming. The first one is The Latke Who Couldn’t Stop Screaming, A Christmas Story (illustrations by Lisa Brown). A latke, which runs away from a hot pan of oil, keeps running into Christmas things, lights, candy canes, a pine tree and has to keep explaining himself until he finds a new home. The second is The Lump of Coal (art by Brett Helquist). It is the story of a lump of coal who can think, talk and move itself around. His adventures are hilarious. Obvious I can’t tell you much else without ruining the story, but as it says on the back jacket, “Miracles can happen, even to those who are small, flammable, and dressed all in black.”