Holly Pond Hill: A Child's Book of Christmas

Paul F. Kortepeter, P. F. Kortepeter. Dutton Books, $9.99 (22pp) ISBN 978-0-525-47017-5

Artist Susan Wheeler's well-dressed woodland creatures, featured in greeting cards and elsewhere, can be seen posing as an angel chorus and more in Holly Pond Hill: A Child's Book of Christmas, with 10 poems by Paul Kortepeter. Like previous Holly Pond Hill titles, this has a padded board book format.

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