Twelve modern-day Christmas stories, originally written by the wife of a minister who read them to his congregation, include the tales of a child coping with disappointment and a couple awaiting the birth of their baby.
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About the Author:
Katherine Patersonis the renowned author of many classic childrens books, including Bridge to Terabithia; The Great Gilly Hopkins; Lyddie; Jacob Have I Loved; Come Sing, Jimmy Jo; and The Master Puppeteer, among many others. Her work has won two Newbery Medals and a Newbery Honor, two National Book Awards, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, and the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. She also served a term as the National Ambassador for Childrens Literature. Katherine lives in Vermont.
From Booklist:
Gr. 5 and up. Like Paterson's Angels and Other Strangers (1979), this collection of stories reveals the spirit of Christmas in contemporary life. A few are sentimental with contrived parallels and saintly characters; a few may be too adult in viewpoint to appeal to young readers. But the best of the stories reveal hope and light in a dark, uncertain world. Paterson writes with simple immediacy about outcasts: strangers on the street and at your door, runaways, failures, and illegal immigrants--people who can find no room at the inn. The endings offer no easy resolution, only an opening out of possibilities. One exquisite story about a teenage runaway in the empty night celebrates the song of "stubborn sweetness" that persists despite our turning away from it again and again. Hazel Rochman
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- PublisherBerkley
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0451197372
- ISBN 13 9780451197375
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages224
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