I am a new fan of Rachel Isadora!!  I just love her work; she just keeps getting better and better.  In this one, Isadora has illustrated the classic 12 Days of Christmas but with an Africa theme.  The colors are bright and saturated and the space is well used.  Each page illustrates each day with the words remaining the same, but the objects seen in a different way.  For example, the five golden rings were rings worn around the neck as jewelry modeled after South African women’s styles.  The drummers drumming were modeled after musicians from Ghana and Nigeria.  Pleasant surprises like this fill the book and make an old favorite new again.  It’s a beautiful, beautiful book and should be in all school and public libraries as a first, must-have purchase.