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Reviewed by Olga Markova for Readers' Favorite
Today is NOT a Holiday! is an adorable children’s picture book by talented author Janice Garden Macdonald, who has written many delightful children’s books. Presented as a succinct chapter in verse and with colorful, full-page illustrations, the story invites young readers to imagine today as an ordinary day. The day is not a holiday. It is not a birthday. There is nothing to celebrate or buy presents for. Gifts, balloons, and party decorations at the Dollar Store and cakes with candles at the bakery are tempting and hard to pass by. But they aren’t for today because it is an ordinary day like all the others. But an ordinary day does not have to be boring. There are many ways to make it perfect and special. But how?
What an amazing anti-boredom recipe! Today is NOT a Holiday! impressed me with its admirable, realistic color illustrations that breathed life into the child-friendly, easy-to-read narrative and made me marvel at the abundance of meaning Janice Garden Macdonald delivered in its succinct text. I liked how the balloon characters role-played emotions. I also appreciated how the book encouraged readers to write a poem and even offered a choice of starting points. I can imagine young readers and their adults engaging in the exciting poem-writing game. I highly recommend this praiseworthy book for preschool and primary school children. In addition, I felt a surge of creative inspiration after reading this book, and I am confident that every adult who reads it will discover something special in every ordinary day.
