A Christmas Tree Advent Calendar [Calendar]

Maja Dusikova (Illustrator)

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Maja Dus kov was born in Piestany, Czechoslovakia, and now lives in Florence, Italy. She has illustrated many books for both children and adults, including Good-Bye, Vivi! ; The Gift from Saint Nicholas ; Silent Night, Holy Night ; Sarah's Willow ; and What Lies on the Other Side? , all published by North-South Books.

Product Details

• Calendar
• Publisher: North-South / Night Sky Books; Adv edition (August 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735816611
• ISBN-13: 978-0735816619
• Product Dimensions: 14.8 x 10.7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #829,723 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #15 in Books > Calendars > Advent
  • #44 in Books > Calendars > Children's

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

76 of 89 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing :(, December 2, 2002

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scducharme (Concord, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Christmas Tree Advent Calendar (Calendar)

I was so eager to get this calendar for our two year old and begin the fun tradition of counting down the days to Christmas. Unfortunately, this calendar did not meet my expectations. First, it's three dimensional which I hadn't realized. It fits together with two notches and is not very sturdy when set up. I was expecting a wall calendar style which I could just put on the fridge. This tree shaped style is nice to look at but something that my toddler wants to play with all the time. It's really too flimsy to play with since it's just thin cardboard. Also, the thing is loaded with gold glitter which comes off on the hands whenever you touch it to open the windows. This is very annoying to me, a contact lense wearer, and it gets all over clothes and everything! Third, the pictures inside the windows are not very interesting (granted I've only seen two so far...) and the illustrations are all a bit fuzzy and muted in style. It's not the kid-pleaser I had hoped for.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful, 3-D Advent Calendar, November 13, 2007

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liveinthemoment - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Christmas Tree Advent Calendar (Calendar)

This is really more than just an Advent calendar, it is a lovely addition to your Holiday decor too. I was thrilled to see this was not just your average old flat Advent, but one that can stand alone on a table or shelf. Very nice! And since it comes apart and folds down flat, it will be easy to store with my other Holiday decorations. I'm planning on using this one again next year!

4.0 out of 5 stars cute christmas tree, December 3, 2011

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Sam (Cambridge MA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: A Christmas Tree Advent Calendar (Calendar)

i thought a 3D tree would be fun - and it is. it sits on our counter, very cute, pretty coloring. I gave it four stars instead of 5 because any way you put it together, two sections of the tree are duplicated i.e. the two quarters face each other and have the same pattern. the other two sections look different. from far away you wouldn't notice it, but if you begin to look at how the tree is decorated, then it is very clear (two airplanes, two dolls etc. facing each other). also, you should know that the windows are on one face of the tree only (which was fine with us).