The Christmas Wish Author: Visit Amazon's Lori Evert Page | Language: English | ISBN:
0449816818 | Format: PDF
The Christmas Wish Description
From School Library Journal
PreS-Gr 1-Anja longs to be one of Santa's elves. Dressed in full Nordic regalia complete with red gnomic hat, she certainly looks the part. A thoughtful and helpful child, she acts the part as well. When she skis off in her quest to find Santa, a bird, horse, musk ox, polar bear, and reindeer show her the way. The full-page photographs look like they could be movie stills, so sharp and seamless are the figures that Anja and the animals cut against the winter landscape of Northern lights, glaciers, and snowy pine trees. While the scenes of Anja offering an apple to the reindeer or curled up next to the sleeping polar bear are whimsical and look unaltered, other images are obviously manipulated. Further, the story reads as if it were written around the pictures, rather than the other way around. Nonetheless, the striking winter visuals and the adorable heroine carry the day.-Joanna Fabicon, Los Angeles Public Library α(c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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"A captivating Christmas story with a magic all its own.”
--Starred, Kirkus ReviewsThe Horn Book, "[The Christmas Wish] points to both the timelessness and the otherworldliness of a child's Christmastime wonder."
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- Age Range: 3 - 7 years
- Grade Level: Preschool - 2
- Hardcover: 48 pages
- Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers; First Edition edition (September 10, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0449816818
- ISBN-13: 978-0449816813
- Product Dimensions: 12.1 x 9.3 x 0.6 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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