Comes with Lesson Plan from Strong Nations.

Baseball Bats for Christmas is being reissued by Annick Press in September of this year. I had never read this children's story before but I am glad I now have done so. This is a beautiful book that I will be adding to my Christmas library. The illustrations are gorgeous and could easily be framed and hung by themselves.

This story is set in Canada's far north in the community of Repulse Bay, which is situated on the Arctic Circle in 1955. There are no trees yet the children frantically look for sticks to use as baseball bats to play one of their favourite past times, just like children play everywhere. When Rocky, the pilot brings in six Christmas Trees, the children do not know what they are. They decide after Christmas that they could be whittled down to make baseball bats. A fun story, however there is so much more to it than that. Learning about the Inuit Christmas customs was very interesting. What they do about gifts and their Spiritual celebrations was eye opening. The story is recommended for ages 4 to 8, but I would use it with older children as well. This would make a wonderful resource teaching about the Inuit culture, Christmas traditions and multiculturalism. A great addition to school, classroom and family libraries. The publisher generously provided me with a copy of this book via Netgalley. ( )

On the shores of Canada's Hudson Bay, a pilot delivered fir trees for Christmas. Having never ever seen trees - it's too far north - the local children didn't know what to do with them, until they need baseball bats. Autobiographic account. Colorful illustrations. Readers have a chance to visit a place & culture where some of our annual Christmas traditions turn out to be rather mysterious.

This book shows how different cultures have different customs and values. I liked the artwork of this book a lot. The color scheme was primarily blue and felt warm and loving throughout the book, which is ironic since this book takes place in the snow!