Josie's Gift
Kathleen Long Bostrom, , illus. by Frank Ordaz. . Broadman & Holman, $16.99 (40pp) ISBN 978-0-8054-3020-2
As Christmas approaches in this pleasingly sentimental tale, young Josie has her heart set on a blue sweater with "twelve shimmering, pearl-white buttons." But with the Depression on, Josie knows she should try to embrace the words of her late father: "Christmas is not about what we want. It is about what we have."Josie finds her sweater under the tree, but it doesn't give her the joy she expects. Luckily, fate offers her a way to heed her father's advice and fill her soul with true Christmas spirit. Ordaz's (
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Reviewed on: 09/26/2005
Genre: Children's