Old Father Christmas - Hardcover

Doherty, Berlie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0812063546 ISBN 13: 9780812063547

Publisher: Barrons Juveniles, 1993

Synopsis

The joyful, red-faced, wooly Father Christmas calls on an expectant boy and his sister and decks the house with a fine tree and a bounty of toys in this old-fashioned holiday tale, complete with evocative, detailed illustrations.

About this title

About the Author:

Born in Knotty Ash, Liverpool, Berlie Doherty is the youngest of three children. She has been a social worker, a journalist, a teacher, and, for the past fifteen years, a writer. Berlie has twice won the prestigious Carnegie Medal, for 'Grannie was a Buffer Girl' in 1987 and for 'Dear Nobody' in 1992. She lives in the Derbyshire Peak District.

From Booklist:

Gr. 3-5, younger for reading aloud. Based on a story by Juliana Horatia Ewing, this short chapter book is an old-fashioned piece of Victoriana, retold with appropriately festive watercolors. In the story-within-a-story plot, Godfather Garbel tells of his best Christmas as a child, the Christmas he mistook an elderly man for Grandfather Christmas. Meloni's watercolors are strikingly effective, evoking the warmth of a Christmas kitchen and the cold of a snowy English winter in lovely, if sober fashion. The formal writing style may put some children off; however, Christmas stories of any kind are highly motivational, and this volume is so nicely appointed that it is sure to attract readers seeking additional holiday fare. Janice Del Negro

About this edition

• Publisher: Barrons Juveniles
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0812063546
• ISBN 13: 9780812063547
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 40
• Illustrator: Meloni Maria Teresa