Milly and the Macy's Parade

Milly and the Macy's Parade is an imaginative picture book loaded with keen drawings, brilliant detail, and a great story which follows a made-up character named Milly and her family, who immigrated to America. Milly thought Macy's Department Store was the greatest place in the world and likened it to "a giant present waiting to be unwrapped!"

Reading this book gives kids a great behind-the-scenes look at what could have happened in New York City before the Macy's Parade was created. This 76-year-old tradition keeps getting stronger and if you're like me, you'll be tuning in with millions of other folks on television or lining up on the parade route to catch a glimpse at the festivities.

An author's note at the end of the book does a fantastic job of explaining the history of the parade. It's very evident that author Shana Corey did comprehensive research on the history of the Macy's Parade before crafting this fiction book.

This inspirational book is a beautiful book to prop on a coffee table to read to your kids or just to browse through the artwork. It's very easy to imagine what New York City must have been like in 1924 and what it was like to be in Macy's Department Store. This book captures the true essence of the spirit of the immigrants who worked at Macy's. Because they missed the tradition of their homelands, something was truly lacking. The resulting parade blended many cultures together and bonded them as one united front.

According to the author, that front, starting with 1,000 Macy's employees was, in fact, the first Macy's Parade which started at 145th Street and ended five miles later at the foot of Macy's Department Store on 34th Street, where Santa Claus was greeted to New York City.

After reading this book to your kids, you and your family will have a new appreciation of the Macy's Parade. Certainly, a tradition that spans generations, although it isn't proven whose idea it really was! By reading this fiction book, it's easy to imagine the little girl, Milly, who had this simply wonderful idea in 1924, her first year in America! Highly recommended reading by The Review Zone.com