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40 pp.
| HarperCollins/Harper |
October, 2013 |
TradeISBN 978-0-06-206615-2$17.99
(3)
K-3
In this contemporary reimagining of the carol, Emma unwraps a present: a partridge in a snow globe. She accidentally breaks it, then cries herself to sleep and dreams of Santa whisking her away--escorted by two turtledoves, three French hens, etc.--to the North Pole to repair it. The watercolor and ink illustrations swell from panels in the framing story to lush, detailed double-page spreads.
Reviewer: Katie Bircher
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 2013