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With honesty and rare grace, award-winning author Francisco Jiménez shares his most poignant Christmas memory in this remarkable book. Illustrated with paintings full of strength and warmth, written in spare bilingual text, this simple story celebrates the true spirit of Christmas, and illuminates how children do indeed draw strength from the bonds of their families.
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About the Author
Francisco Jiménez emigrated from Tlaquepaque,Mexico, to California, where he worked for many years in the fields with his family. He received both his master's degree and his Ph.D. fromColumbia University and is now the professor emeritus in the ModernLanguages and LiteratureDepartment at Santa Clara University, thesetting of much of his novel, Reaching Out. He is the award-winning author of The Circuit, Cajas de carton, Breaking Through, Senderos fronterizos, Mas Alla de mi, Taking Hold, The Christmas Gift/El Regalo de la Navidad and La Mariposa. He is the recipient of many national literary awards, among them aretheJohn Steinbeck Award, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the AmericasAward the Pura Belpré Honor Book Award, the Tomás Rivera BookAward, Reading the World Award, and the Carter C. Woodson National Book Award. He lives with his family in Santa Clara, California
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"Most of us have a favorite Christmas story to tell. The Christmas
Gift is a true story, based on an experience I had as a child many
years ago. It took place in a farm labor tent camp . . ."
Text Copyright © 2000 by Francisco Jimenez
Illustrations Copyright © 2000 by Claire B. Cotts
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- PublisherHMH Books for Young Readers
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0395928699
- ISBN 13 9780395928691
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages32
- IllustratorCotts Claire B.
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