Review: Christmas Stories for Kids by Uncle Amon

Review: Children's Book - "Christmas Stories" by Uncle Amon

Please be aware that this post contains Affiliate links, all opinions expressed are my own.

As any avid reader and parent knows, there are a myriad of free books available on Amazon at any given time - and this time of year, those free offerings start featuring Holiday staples, new favorites and fledgling Indie authors trying to get their Holiday themed works to the mass public. In that vein, now that Thanksgiving is over, I have decided to write reviews on some of the new Holiday books I am reading to the girls, both the ones that I find free and through their promotional deals.

First up:

"Christmas Stories: Fun Christmas Stories For Kids"

By: Uncle Amon

I discovered this book through a link on HundredZeros, a site that features a treasure trove of free and almost free Kindle ebooks. Updated often, this site is one of the best that I have found discovering new authors and ebooks to fill my ever growing eLibrary. Broken down in easy to understand categories, it gets you where you want to go with descriptions and links galore. Valuable and dangerous.

Joining a rash of new ebooks I picked up recently, this one is offered on Amazon Kindle for free, in paperback for $8.99 and on Audible for $3.46. 

A quick search reveals that Uncle Amon seems to be a small time King of free Kindle ebooks, with over 100 of his 164 listings offered on Free Promo or available through Amazon Unlimited. Many revolve around Holiday themes and are aimed for ages 8 and below.

Judging by the lack of an Illustrator Credit it appears that Uncle Amon illustrates his (or her?) own work, or at least employs some almost clever stock photography licensing. The pages are filled with 5 stories ranging from a cute one about Santa's beard to a humorous, kid friendly take on Boxing Day (or what a kid would think Boxing Day is). Uncle Amon has added jokes and even a coloring section to complete his or her book, making this collection of shorts into one a child could readily love. Marketed to children aged 4-8, I found the narrative in the stories to be for the older side of that scale. While the younger audience may enjoy some of it and the jokes, the older kids will get a kick out of the idea of a Canadian Aunt taking a turn in a Boxing Rink. 

Conclusion: For a free book, you can't beat it. The kids will like it and you won't pull your hair out trying to read it.
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