The Twelve Empty Boxes: A Christmas Countdown Story About the Things Money Can’t Buy - Tapa blanda

Sinopsis

Twelve boxes. Twelve nights. One question.

On December 13, Grandpa Ike gives seven-year-old Wren twelve small, empty boxes and a note: Fill each one with something you can't buy.

Wren is sure everything can be bought. Then she thanks a bus driver nobody notices. She sits with the new girl. She tells the truth when it's scary, shares the last bite, and shovels a neighbor's steps in secret. Every night, Grandpa asks the same question: what did it cost?

Because the good things in life are free, but they are never cost-free. They cost patience, courage, a favorite seat, or the prize you wanted. And on Christmas Eve, Wren discovers the twelfth box is the one you give away.

• A countdown story to read one night at a time:
• Twelve short chapters, one for each night from December 13 to Christmas Eve, about two minutes each
• A flawed, funny heroine children recognize, who gets things wrong and makes them right
• A repeating line young children love to finish: "It didn't cost a penny. It cost..."
• Twelve values shown through action, never lectures: gratitude, patience, honesty, generosity, inclusion, listening, perseverance, forgiveness, secret kindness, celebrating others, contentment, and giving

Back pages with one talk-about-it question for each night and a simple guide to starting your own Twelve Boxes tradition

For ages 4 to 8. A warm new family tradition for the weeks before Christmas, and a gift that keeps its meaning long after the wrapping paper is gone.

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