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The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll Hardcover - 2007

by Patricia C. McKissack; Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator)

McKissack and Pinkney are multiple award winners, receiving a Newbery Honor and five Caldecott Honors, respectively. Set in the Depression-era South, this heartwarming story carries with it powerful yet gentle lessons about the importance of sharing, the irreplaceable companionship of sisters, and the discovery that all you ever wanted might not be what you really need after all.

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Newbery Honor-winning author McKissack and Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator Pinkney have outdone themselves in this heart-warming picture book infused with humor and the true spirit of Christmas. Christmas always comes to Nella's house, but Santa Claus brings gifts only once in a while. That's because it's the Depression and Nella's family is poor. Even so, Nella's hoping that this year she and her two sisters will get a beautiful Baby Betty doll. On Christmas morning, the girls are beside themselves with excitement! There is Baby Betty, in all her eyelash-fluttering magnificence. "Mine!" Nella shouts, and claims the doll for herself. But soon she discovers that Baby Betty isn't nearly as much fun as her sisters. Would it be more fun to share this very best gift with them after all?

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  • Title The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll
  • Author Patricia C. McKissack; Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 40
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Schwartz & Wade Books, New York
  • Date September 11, 2007
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian
  • ISBN 9780375837593 / 0375837590
  • Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
  • Dimensions 11.23 x 9.7 x 0.41 in (28.52 x 24.64 x 1.04 cm)
  • Ages 04 to 08 years
  • Grade levels P - 3
  • Reading level 650
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1930's
    • Cultural Region: South
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
    • Holiday: Christmas
    • Topical: Family
  • Library of Congress subjects Christmas stories, Christmas
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006030981
  • Dewey Decimal Code E

Media reviews

Starred Review, Booklist, September 15, 2007:
"Parents looking for books on sharing will find this an appealing exploration of the subject, teachers seeking picture books set during the Depression will find many details that bring the period to life. A gentle lesson that plays into the spirit of the holiday."
-Carolyn Phelan

Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews, November 1, 2007:
“Full of humorous dialogue and scenes of realistic family life showing the close bonds within the family. Pinkney’s watercolor illustrations are masterful, as always…” - Kirkus Review

Review, The New York Times Book Review, December 2, 2007:
"An evocative book with a universal message."

Citations

  • Booklist, 09/15/2007, Page 67
  • Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 12/01/2007, Page 179
  • Horn Book Magazine, 11/01/2007, Page 633
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 01/01/2008, Page 0
  • Kirkus Review - Children, 11/01/2007, Page 1160
  • Multicultural Review, 03/01/2008, Page 76
  • New York Times Book Review, 12/02/2007, Page 58
  • Newsweek, 12/24/2007, Page 62
  • Publishers Weekly, 10/22/2007, Page 56
  • School Library Journal, 10/01/2007, Page 101

About the author

Patricia C. McKissack is the author of The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural, a Newbery Honor Book and Coretta Scott King Award Winner, and its companion, Porch Lies: Tales of Slicksters, Tricksters, and other Wily Characters, an ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book. Ms. McKissack has collaborated with Jerry Pinkney on two previous picture books: Goin' Someplace Special, a Coretta Scott King Award Winner, and Mirandy and Brother Wind, a Caldecott Honor Book and a Coretta Scott King Award Winner. Her most recent book, Never Forgotten, was a Coretta Scott King Honor Book and received five starred reviews. She lives in St. Louis, Missouri.

Jerry Pinkney received the Caldecott Medal for his wordless retelling of The Lion and the Mouse. He has illustrated more than one hundred books, among them five Caldecott Honor books, including Mirandy and Brother Wind, written by Patricia C. McKissack; five New York Times Best Illustrated Books; and five Coretta Scott King Award winners. Some of his most beloved titles are The Talking Eggs, John Henry, The Ugly Duckling, Goin' Someplace Special, and The Tortoise and the Hare. Mr. Pinkney lives in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, with his wife, author Gloria Jean Pinkney.

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