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Was That Christmas?
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Hilary McKay won the Guardian Children's Award with her first novel, The Exiles. Her subsequent work has achieved similar recognition - The Exiles at Home won the Smarties Prize and the Dog Friday trilogy was critically acclaimed. A graduate of Botany and Zoology from St Andrews University, Hilary now writes full-time. She lives in Derbyshire with her husband and children. Amanda Harvey is a prolific children's illustrator, who won the Mother Goose Award in 1991. She has illustrated many books written by Dick King-Smith. Amanda has also illustrated the work of authors as diverse as Magrit Cruickshank, Ilene Cooper, Jean Richardson, Sandra Anne Horn and the Brothers Grimm. In addition to this, she has illustrated several of her own stories.
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*Starred Review* PreS-Gr. 2. This marvelous little story gets right inside a child's concerns. Preschooler Bella thinks she has a handle on Christmas: at least she knows that Santa Claus will come in a sleigh pulled by his reindeer. But when Santa appears with a sack full of toys at her school pageant, Bella is first taken aback, then appalled. Where are the reindeer? The snow? Santa didn't even bring a present for her kitty! Outraged, Bella starts crying, "Was that Christmas?" In sweet profusion, Bella's mother begins listing all the wonderful things yet to do: mail cards, bake pies, get the tree. Each day, Bella asks, "Now?" But no. They must still buy the presents and fix the lights. At long last, it's Christmas. Because this is a British import, there will be some traditions unfamiliar to American children (Christmas crackers, sausage rolls), but Bella's heartfelt emotions are universal, and the building excitement of the holiday season is the same no matter what the specific traditions. Harvey's charming watercolors mostly play off the sweetness of the season, but when Bella is expressing her outrage about the faux Christmas during a rainstorm, there are clenched hands and bitter tears. Lovely for families, especially those with young ones who may also be a wee bit confused about holiday preparations. Ilene Cooper
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- PublisherHodder Children's Books
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0340866268
- ISBN 13 9780340866269
- BindingHardcover
- IllustratorHarvey Amanda
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