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Joosse, Barbara

A Houseful of Christmas

32 pp. | Holt | October, 2001 | Trade ISBN 0-8050-6391-9 $$14.95
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Betsy Lewin. All the relatives, from noisy cousins to a great-aunt who smells "like wild cherry cough drops," get stranded at Granny's house during a Christmas blizzard. There isn't much narrative tension, but Lewin's comical drawings complement the text, which conveys the warmth and festive chaos of the family celebration and eventual camp-out on the floor that night.
Reviewer: Amanda Sullivan

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