This book was a bit disappointing. The illustrations are very old fashioned,
which is quaint, but rather unappealing and comes off a bit odd. The story tries to ascribe religious meaning
to the shape and colors of the candy cane.
The story explains
that the shape J is for Jesus and flipped the other way, for the shepherd’s
staff. They then assign the colors to
give them a religious meaning. The assign red for the beating that made Jesus
blood run down like red stripes and white for being washed clean from Jesus’
forgiveness. It appears that this has been toned down in words and
illustrations from previous versions, but it still is a concept that small
children will not understand. The thing
that concerned me the most is that while the book is labeled for ages 4-8, this
is a board book which is usually given to younger children 1-4.
I do not recommend this book for below age 4 and probably
would raise that age up a little. I
would recommend the parent read the book first, and decide if your child is
ready for the content.
I received this book from the BookLook blogger program in exchange
for an honest review.
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