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Marguerite's Christmas

72 pp. | Enchanted Lion | November, 2015 | Trade ISBN 978-1-59270-178-0 $19.95
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Pascal Blanchet. It is hard to imagine a child audience for this beautifully constructed, unbearably sad story. An elderly woman--who's afraid of falling and being a "natural target for thieves and muggers"--spends Christmas alone after missing the opportunity to engage with a family whose car breaks down in front of her house. The delicate, heartfelt story is adult in content and tone.
Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth

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