Pablo's Christmas - Hardcover

Martin, Hugo C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1402725604 ISBN 13: 9781402725609

Publisher: Sterling, 2006

Synopsis

On a small, dusty farm in Mexico, in the Valle de Guadalupe, a young boy named Pablo lived with his mother, father, and two little sisters, Isabella and Teresa
Christmas means family: everyone gathered together in joyful celebration. But what if one beloved member is missing? That’s the situation so movingly explored in this exceptional and stunningly illustrated holiday tale, set in the Mexican countryside.
Because Mama is going to have a new baby, Pablo’s father has gone off to America to earn extra money. That makes Pablo the man of the house chasing coyotes away from the hens, comforting his worried mother and sisters, and trying to make presents for everyone.
Now Christmas is near when Papa has promised to return. Will he be home for the holidays? Children will hang on to every word eagerly and sympathetically right until the satisfying, and happy, ending.

About this title

From School Library Journal:

Kindergarten-Grade 4–A timely and timeless holiday story. Pablo's family works hard on their little farm in Mexico, but they have very little. When Mama announces that she is going to have a baby, Papa, a talented woodcarver, decides to find work in America, leaving young Pablo in charge. There is no money for a Christmas celebration, but the boy manages to find a tree and suggests they decorate it with popcorn. And on Christmas day, Papa returns with gifts, including a new wood-carving knife for Pablo, who has used his old one to carve dolls for his sisters. Chapman's colorful folk-art illustrations are often touching, sometimes joyful, and sometimes comical. They are big enough to share with a group, but also contain interesting details that reward closer inspection. Neither art nor text gives a sense of when the story takes place–it could be today or a hundred years ago. But it's a tale almost as old as time–a little boy trying to fill at least some part of his missing father's shoes, and, in this case, doing so successfully.–Mara Alpert, Los Angeles Public Library
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About this edition

• Publisher: Sterling
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1402725604
• ISBN 13: 9781402725609
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 24
• Illustrator: Chapman Lee