A Child's Christmas in Wales : Gift Edition Hardcover - 2017
by Thomas, Dylan
- Used
Thomas' holiday classic, lavishly illustrated by Caldecott Medalist Hyman, is now available in a gift edition for a new generation of readers. This nostalgic recollection of Christmas past captures a child's-eye view and an adult's fond memories of a magical time and evokes the beauty of the season at every turn. Illustrations.
Description
Details
- Title A Child's Christmas in Wales : Gift Edition
- Author Thomas, Dylan
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition New
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 48
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Holiday House, Incorporated
- Date 2017-10-17
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated
- Bookseller's Inventory # 13405757-6
- ISBN 9780823438709 / 0823438708
- Weight 0.4 lbs (0.18 kg)
- Dimensions 7.7 x 5.3 x 0.4 in (19.56 x 13.46 x 1.02 cm)
- Ages 08 to 12 years
- Grade levels 3 - 7
- Reading level 1110
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1900-1949
- Cultural Region: British
- Holiday: Christmas
- Library of Congress subjects Family life, Wales
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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About this book
A young boy named Thomas is excited about the holiday, but he's also disappointed because it's raining instead of snowing. His grandfather gives him an old snow globe as an early Christmas present and starts telling colorful, amusing stories about his childhood Christmases that are shown in flashback.
First Edition Identification
New Directions published a First Edition, First Printing in Norfolk, 1954.
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Citations
- Horn Book Magazine, 11/01/2017, Page 65
- Hornbook Guide to Children, 01/01/2018, Page 0
