Christmas books for children

Just in time for Yuletide giving, Laurie Brown surveys new releases and old favourites for young readers. I Spy Christmas: A Book of Picture Riddles. By Jean Marzollo, photographs and illustrations by Walter Wick. Publisher: Scholastic, Inc. The Story of Canada. By Christopher Moore and Janet Lunn, illustrations by Alan Daniel. Publisher: Key Porter Books Ltd. Alice. By Whoopi Goldberg, illustrations by John Rocco. Publisher: Bantam Books. Two By Two. Written and illustrated by Barbara Reid. Publisher: Scholastic Canada Ltd.