Hark! The Aardvark Angels Sing - Hardcover

Ages 4-8. "Listen, Harold's trumpeting!"--which means it's time for Harold and his fellow aardvark angels to perform a very important task: Christmas mail delivery. Donning caps and uniforms (with wings poking through), aardvark angels swoop down, helping retrieve, sort, and deliver mail without fail. All around the world they fly: land, sea, and outer space; farms to high-rises, even to Santa. This charming carol adaptation, with music appended, can be sung or read. Each page features a stanza accompanied by brightly colored, whimsical art showing endearing aardvarks bustling about, using creative methods of postal delivery--skis, hot-air balloons, even spaceships--and diverse, happy recipients. Humor and seek-and-find detail abound, including inventive stamps and "cancellations" counting down the days. Kids will want to hear and sing this one repeatedly. Fun, festive, sure to become a favorite. Shelle Rosenfeld
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reS-Gr 3-This fantastical version of the traditional Christmas carol features aardvark angels who assist mail carriers to deliver the season's heavy mounds of letters and packages. "Hark! The aardvark angels fly/Mail planes through the foggy sky./Hark! The aardvark angels glide/Through the swamps where gators hide." Almost full-page and page-and-a-half artwork, done in watercolor crayon and acrylics, is busy and full of cheery, winged animals in blue uniforms. A postmark stamp relating to each locale adorns the slice of white space framing each illustration. Somewhat reminiscent of David McPhail's Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore! (Dutton, 1993) in both appearance and rhythm, this title is perfect fun for Christmas reading and holiday storytime sharing. The original score featuring the new lyrics is appended.-L. F.

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