Simon Joyce Libri

This Christmas board book transforms the weeks leading up to December 25 into a fun-filled celebration of Jesus's birth for the whole family. Filled with songs, treats, and presents under the tree, the long wait for Christmas day can seem almost endless. With daily activities for children and families, Countdown to Christmas turns these weeks of excitement and anticipation into a fun-filled celebration of the true meaning of Christmas. Prayers and Bible verses help young children think about the importance of Jesus's birth as they wait for the big day.

Through studies of individual writers, this book reveals the inextricable connection between naturalism and literary modernism.

Considers how the Victorian inheritance has been represented in literature, politics, film, and visual culture; the ways in which modernists and progressives have sought to differentiate themselves from an image of the Victorian; and how conservatives (and some liberals) have sought to revive elements of nineteenth-century life.