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Jimenez, Francisco

The Christmas Gift: El regalo de Navidad

32 pp. | Houghton | September, 2000 | Trade ISBN 0-395-92869-9 $$15.00
(3) K-3 Illustrated by Claire B. Cotts. This story, a version of which appeared in Jiménez's autobiographical novel The Circuit, is presented here in a bilingual picture book format with an excellent Spanish text. Panchito longs for a red ball for Christmas, but when he receives only candy, he rises above his disappointment and shares it with his large, loving family. Mural-like illustrations soulfully depict the hard life and strong people of the migrant labor camps.
Reviewer: Elena Abos Alvarez-Buiza

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