CHILDREN'S
Released: Nov. 1, 2010
"The volume's wide design adds perspective to expanded views of farm fields and town streets. (Picture book. 5-8)"
The creator of the Pippi Longstocking series penned this holiday story first published in Sweden in 1951.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Nov. 1, 2010
"Add in the generous trim, and this one's worth making room for. (Picture book. 2 & up)"
It can be hard to make a new picture-book version of this old Christmas chestnut stand out.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Nov. 1, 2010
"Attractive paintings with simple lines and bright, solid colors help tell this warm, loving story in an understated way. (Picture book. 5-9)"
Nina is a young Cuban-American girl who arrives in Miami just before Christmas to spend the holiday with her father's family.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Nov. 1, 2010
"The overall effort definitely has a European feeling, with Father Christmas and his donkey and Faith's Christmas gift of a nice hot-water bottle. (Picture book. 3-7)"
In this German import, a sweet fairy named Faith gets lost in a snowy forest on Christmas Eve.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 5, 2010
"Fresh and funny. (Picture book. 4-8)"
CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 1, 2010
"Concluding notes provide background on the holiday and its traditions. (Picture book. 2-5)"
In a sequence of short verses, a family first prepares for then celebrates the festival of Hanukkah.
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