The Scout Elves Present: Hooray! It's Your First The Elf on the Shelf Library

By CCA and B, LLC
Price $19.95
Age 0-3 yrs.

This boxed set contains a trio of board books whose rhythms, rhymes, illustrations, and stories are perfectly suited to the eyes and ears of young readers. The stories themselves are retellings of three popular tales - The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition, The Elf on the Shelf: A Birthday Tradition, and Elf Pets: A Reindeer Tradition. The rhyming is particularly strong, with an unforced quality that energizes each page. Frequent emphasis on word sounds (vroom, swish, crinkle, boing . . .) provides added excitement that fuels anticipation as to what the next page will bring. These factors, along with the colorful, charming illustrations, gives each book a special quality that makes experiencing them an event of sorts. One doesn't read them so much as perform them. That dramatic, pleasurable quality makes them well-suited to everything from a child leafing through on his or her own to a parent reading aloud to a large group of friends and family.