Socks: A Kid's Christmas Lament
$18.75
- Hardcover
40 pages
- Release Date
2 October 2024
Summary
Rock and roller JD McPherson’s comical salute to Christmas curmudgeons hops from stage to page, making for the stocking stuffer of the season.
“This is the worst gift I ever got! It doesn’t beep or buzz or bop or rattle in the box! Why’d they waste the paper on a lousy pair of SOCKS?”
It’s the dawn of Christmas morning, and this child can no longer wait, furtively tiptoeing straight to the unlit Christmas tree. There lies a festive box, brightly wrapped, with their name on it.…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781536237023 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1536237027 |
| Author: | JD McPherson, Anika Orrock |
| Publisher: | Candlewick Press,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Walker Books US |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 2 October 2024 |
| Weight: | 357g |
| Dimensions: | 9mm x 236mm x 240mm |
| Audience Age: | 3-7 |
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Critics Review
The perfect holiday read for a snowy night. Don’t forget the hot cocoa, cookies, and a very cozy pair of SOCKS!- Andrea Beaty, author of the New York Times best-selling Questioneers books
It’s not inconceivable that JD’s song, here teamed with Anika Orrock’s brilliant illustrations, is so groovy that parents, on reading their kids’ letters to Santa, will start to see ‘and a pair of argyles, please’ at the bottom. - singer-songwriter Nick Lowe
JD McPherson
JD McPherson is an acclaimed roots rocker and songwriter whose Christmas album, Socks, was dubbed by Rolling Stone a “no schmaltz” classic. This is his picture-book debut. JD McPherson lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Anika Orrock is an award-winning illustrator, author, and cartoonist. Her work has been featured on NPR and in the Washington Post, the San Francisco Chronicle, the New York Times, and the Society of Illustrators Annual Exhibition. She also proudly created the illustrations for Socks, the original 2018 Christmas album by JD McPherson and his band. Anika Orrock loves Christmastime and will cross any street to pet a dog. She lives in Nashville.
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