Logos Bookstore’s
Recommendations
By H. Harris Healy, III, President, Logos Bookstore
1575
York Avenue (Between 83rd and
84th Sts.), New York, NY 10028
(212) 517-7292,
Fax (212) 517-7197
www.NYCLOGOS.CITYSEARCH.com
Lisa
LeLeu Puppet Books
By
Lisa Leleu
(Lisa Leleu Studios, $16.95) |
It’s
that time of year again, the holidays of gift giving are upon us. Some wonderful
gifts for children of various ages are the animal head hand puppet show books
of Lisa LeLeu. Each book contains one hand puppet of
the animals’ head, one completely illustrated story and
one story to write and color. Diggity the Dog has
a booklet on dog bite prevention to color as well as a completely
illustrated story about Diggity camping and a story to write
and color. The other titles in the series are: Miss
Moo-Moo the Cow with the
story ‘Art on the Farm’, Pernilla the
Gorilla with ‘The Slumber Party’, Scooter the
Cat with ‘Finding My Home ‘, and Frenchy
the Frog with Paree, Paree
(That’s Paris in French). Each
book has two openings, so the puppet head can appear in the
story as the pages are turned. Also all booklets have Velcro
dots on the back to attach to the puppet theater parts of the
book The puppet heads all have Velcro straps to extend or shorten
their size and that allow the puppet heads to be taken out
of the books and played with on their own.
Mouse
Tales: Things Hoped For Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany
By
Ruth Boling
Illustrated by Tracey Dahle Carrier
(Westminster John Knox Press, $14.95) |
For older children, the marvelous, dynamic, colorful illustrations of
mice by Tracey Dahle Carrier illuminate Mouse Tales: Things
Hoped For Advent, Christmas and Epiphany by
Ruth Boling. This book follows six mouse children as they
interact with each other during Advent, Christmas and Epiphany
at Sunday school. elsewhere and with the community at large.
The six mice have definite personalities and interest the
reader enough to find out what they will be doing next.
Aside
from the above books for gift giving, Logos Bookstore has
many more books for holidays and all occasions for child
and adult alike as well as holiday greeting cards and cards
for other occasions, holiday and regular music on CD’s
and cassettes and gift items for all occasions. Give
us a call to find out about extended holiday shopping hours.
Happy Holidays!#
Upcoming
Events At Logos
Monday,
December 5, 2005 at 7 P.M., the Sacred Texts Group led by Richard Curtis will discuss
the book of Isaiah followed by a holiday party.
Wednesday,
December 7, 2005 at 7 P.M., KYTV Reading Group will discuss The
House of Mirth by Edith Wharton.
Monday,
December 12, 2005 at 7 P.M, Maria Grace will present Reel fulfillment:
A 12-Step Plan For Your Life Through Movies and
sign copies of her book. An evening of enrichment of life through
experience of movies.
Transit: 4,5,6
Subways to 86th Street, Lexington Avenue, M86 Bus (8th St.),
M79 Bus (79th St.), M31 Bus (York Ave), M15 Bus, (1st and 2nd
Aves.)
