Sparkly gold foil shines out through a die-cut star that grows with each spread in the board book Twinkle, Twinkle Christmas Star by Christine Harder Tangvald, illus. by Valerie Imhof.

Beyond the round-up of secular-themed Easter books noted in the Dec. 23 Children's Forecasts, two new paper-over-board picture books focus on the meaning of Easter. The girl who narrates The Best ...