Customer Reviews

Sesame Street Elmo's Night Before Christmas (Sesame Street (Reader's Digest))

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I bought this as a Christmas gift to read to my 8 month old son -- good book, nice pictures, but the 4 ornaments are kind of lame...they're just cardboard cut-outs and the spots they have you place them aren't secure enough to keep them from falling out every time you open the book or turn the pages (or when the little one grabs them and immediately tries to eat them).

This is a great book for children aged 2-5. They will see their favorite monster, Elmo, be endeared by the spirit of Christmas and the magic of Santa, and be able to play with the removable ornaments. The illustrations of Elmo's Christmas are really cute and the poem is a great, enjoyable twist on the classic version.

3 & 4 year old loved it to "death" :) but it lasted a year.

The story is very sweet and obviously the novelty of Elmo and his Sesame St friends works wonders on a young child, but the "ornaments" to put on the pages are seriously lacking. They don't stay in place and by the time I thought to just glue or tape them in, they had all been misplaced. The book would have held more value if the "ornaments" were lift-the-flap style or simply part of the illustrations. I would still recommend the book especially for the Elmo-lover, but would also highly suggest glueing in the pieces after the first time placing them in the tabs.