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Langen, Annette

Our Very Own Christmas

32 pp. | North-South | October, 2012 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7358-4088-1 $17.95

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Marije Tolman. Small, colorful figures in expansive scenes of snow, two young siblings perform a Nativity play all for themselves. They greet the three kings--a smiling mama and, perhaps, grandparents, looking bemused by the gratitude for the "gold, franklin sense, and something else." This sweet, never-cloying story ends cozily, with everyone tucked in a sled, towed behind a snowmobile, and headed toward a brightly lit house.

Reviewer: Jennifer M. Brabander | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2012