Happy All-Idays!

PreS—The title refers to three of the holidays celebrated toward the end of the year in the United States: Christmas, Chanukah, and Kwanzaa. There is also a page introducing Chrismukkah, a holiday described as being celebrated with "eight candles and a tree." Disappointingly, this book does not provide any details on these holidays, and the pictures offer only the barest depictions of what families might do for them. There are also several other holidays celebrated around the end of the year that should be included in a book using "all-idays" in the title. VERDICT Although it might be a cute stocking-stuffer, this book does not add anything to a library collection.—Peggy Henderson Murphy

"The time has come/ to send holiday cheer/ to family and friends/ far and near." In this seasonal board book with a snail-mail locus, an image of a mail carrier gives way to depictions of varied celebrations, portrayed on each verso page via a group scene and each recto in a holiday card-like image. Throughout, geometric figures portrayed with varying abilities, body types, family structures, and skin tones celebrate. A child and two caretakers deck the halls by the fire ("We wish you a merry Christmas/ and much holiday cheer"), another child and two adults observe the Festival of Lights ("We wish you a Happy Chanukah/ on each of the eight nights"), and an intergenerational group celebrates Kwanzaa ("May faith, love, and unity/ bring rich blessings to you"). Alongside Jin's buoyant rhyming lines, Sayegh's wintry illustrations center a community of loved ones surrounded by bottomless comfort and boundless joy. Ages 1-5. (Sept.)