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48 pp.
| Farrar |
October, 2000 |
TradeISBN 0-374-30192-1$$16.00
(2)
1-3
Illustrated by
Mordicai Gerstein.
This Christmas fable has all the classic elements: the spirit of giving, an angel or two, an unexpected miracle, and a talking dog. (OK--maybe not the dog.) Albert wants to buy his mother a gold medallion; but by Christmas Eve he only has eighty-three cents. While the chatty dog is new, a requisite component remains: the happy ending in the warmth of home and family. The full-page art conveys the easy balance of the magical and the everyday.
Reviewer: Lauren Adams
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 2000