Make Way for the Christmas Hush
Written and Illustrated by Tim Huff
Includes a downloadable audio performance link to a special “Christmas Hush” song written and performed by award-winning jazz great Mike Janzen
Just in time for Christmas, a new beautifully-illustrated children’s book by author Tim Huff focuses on the “true meaning of Christmas” in our highly secular and materialistic age.
Following the successful pattern of Huff’s previous best-selling and award-winning books, this special book is a vibrant and artfully crafted jewel, using excellent storytelling and colourful illustrations, interlaced with a call and challenge to children and adults alike to return to celebrating the true meaning of Christmas. Themes are knit together in a perfect mix of contemporary Christmas motifs and traditional old school charm.
Readers will quickly discover that Christmas Hush is more than just a “what” is Christmas, but is likewise a “who” is Christmas. While Huff’s lively storytelling skills and vibrant illustrations make this unique children’s book great fun, the true magic is in the tender reminder about the importance of quiet moments spent thinking of and caring for others, in the truest meaning of Christmas.
Huff’s story introduces several new, intriguing and fun characters as readers follow adorable little Hush on a wild journey through a panorama of festive scenarios. Hush meets several other new characters along the way, including the Christmas Hoopla, the Christmas Fuss, the Christmas Blues, and the mischievous twins – the Christmas Hustle and the Christmas Bustle – all in an effort to guide children and families to the special time and place set apart just for the Christmas Hush.
A great celebration is planned for the launch of Huff’s eighth title and fifth children’s book from Castle Quay Books. Parents and children are invited to a fun afternoon on Saturday, November 16th at Kings Christian Collegiate in Oakville (528 Burnhamthorpe Rd. W), between 2 and 3 p.m., in the new state-of-the-art thrust stage.
The launch event is sponsored by Marantha Foundation and will feature a live show with special original music by award-winning and renowned jazz pianist great Mike Janzen and a performance by acclaimed stage actor/producer Jason Hildebrand.
The event is free but seating is limited, so pre-registration is required. For more information send your name and number of guests to alison@christmashush.com
Author Bio:
With this release Huff is now the author of eight book titles of which six have been nominated for or won national publishing awards. His books include: Bent Hope: a Street Journal, Dancing with Dynamite: Celebrating Against the Odds, which won Best Canadian Book of the Year award in 2011; The Yuletide Factor: Cause for Perpetual Comfort and Joy; and his previous illustrated children’s books, The Cardboard Shack Beneath the Bridge: Helping Children Understand Homelessness; It’s Hard Not to Stare: Helping Children Understand Disabilities; The Honour Drum: Sharing the Beauty of Canada’s Indigenous People with Children, Families and Classrooms; and his most recent release Am I Safe?: Exploring Fear and Anxiety with Children, all published by Castle Quay Books.
Huff was born and raised in Toronto, Canada, and has been in full-time frontline social justice work for over 30 years – serving, learning, and teaching across North America and around the world. He is a much sought-after national speaker in addition to being a best-selling and award-winning author-illustrator of children’s books. Adding to his impressive resume of leadership and service, Tim founded and currently leads Youth Unlimited’s Compassion Series program for children, youth, families and classrooms – a unique hub of creative, interactive and relational compassion-focused resources. (compassionseries.com)
What people are saying about this book:
“A big Thank You to Tim Huff for creating The Christmas Hush! This is the season when so many are overwhelmed. The momentum of life seems to accelerate and we can easily get lost. Tim brings the craziness of Christmas into perspective and offers children and families a chance to understand what that all those feelings are about…and maybe, just maybe, find that gentleness of spirit at a challenging time of the year.”
FRED PENNER, internationally acclaimed children’s entertainer
Make Way for the Christmas Hush is destined to become a timeless book for children of all ages. (Click on link to see the book cover)
Make Way for the Christmas Hush is available at most bookstores, through Parasource Marketing & Distribution Canada or Castle Quay Books web site.
ISBN 978-1-927355-89-3 soft cover
$12.95 in Canada
ISBN 978-1-988928-29-6 hard cover
$18.95 in Canada
40 pages, size 8.5″ x 8.5″
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Larry N Willard – publisher
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