The book is full of bright colors and happy faces, with a little girl being the main character that children can locate on each page.įinal verdict: TWELVE DINGING DOORBELLS is a clever twist on a joyful carol that alters it to suit any holiday with family, joy, and good food. Some refrains feature relatives while others feature food - all the best parts of holiday gatherings. The house begins to fill up as the doorbell keeps ringing and more people arrive. The illustrations are lovely and show all the love and joy of family gatherings. Each page spread includes the new phrase as well as those that came before, so it can be sung to the whole song. Read More : Read Now Twelve Dinging Doorbells Description A cumulative all-holiday carol packed to the brim with family, food, love, and Black joy, especially perfect for Thanksgiving, Christmas. While it may take a minute at first to get into the rhythm of the song, the words are carefully chosen to suit it well throughout. What I loved: This was a fun twist on the traditional carol that turns it into something that could be used for any holiday when family gathers together. As the doorbell rings, relatives arrive filling the house with foods such as chitlins and baked macaroni and cheese.
In this version, a little girl gathers with family for the holiday. As the story continues, more relatives arrive at the house, filling it with joy and laughter - as well as plenty of good food. Twelve Dinging Doorbells by Tameka Fryer Brown, illustrated by Ebony Glenn, is set to the tune of the familiar Twelve Days of Christmas. The words could be sung, and build from the first ringing doorbell of the holiday to the twelfth. Author Tameka Fryer Brown’s cumulative rhyme is impossible to resist, and the humorous details in Ebony Glenn’s cut-paper collage will welcome readers to this party again and again.TWELVE DINGING DOORBELLS is a sweet twist on the 12 Days of Christmas carol that makes the song into one that will work for any holiday gathering.
Written to the tune of “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” Twelve Dinging Doorbells is exuberant.
Just when all seems lost and there’s no more pie, Granny pulls out a sweet surprise. As tables fill with baked macaroni and cheese, chitlins, and other sides a-steaming, she and Granny move the pie to keep it intact. The task becomes tricker as the room grows with dancing and card games and pie cravings. Forthcoming titles from Tameka include Twelve Dinging Doorbells (Kokila/PRH, 2022), Shirley Chisholm: Not Done Yet (Millbrook Press/Lerner, 2022), and That Flag (HarperCollins, 2023). But all our main character can think about is the sweet potato pie Granny makes just for her. A cumulative all-holiday carol packed to the brim with family, food, love, and Black joy, especially perfect for Thanksgiving, Christmas, graduations, and all family celebrations.Įvery holiday, aunties, uncles, cousins, grandparents, and neighbors come over to eat, sing, and celebrate life.
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