Home Alone: A Picture Book

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Kim Smith turned my favorite holiday movie into a picture book and it pretty much made my weekend. If you were a 90s kid who watched this movie all year 'round like me and my siblings, then you need to get this book and read it to your kiddos so they can learn to love it like you did as a child.

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