Lucy's Christmas

by Donald Hall

Book Overview

A classic New England Christmas, set near the turn of the twentieth century, based on the childhood stories of Donald Hall's own mother. Lucy Wells likes planning ahead. In her quaint New England town the leaves have just begun to change, but Lucy is already thinking of Christmas. She begins to make presents for her family: a pincushion for her mother, a doll for her sister, and a pen-wiper for her best friend. For the whole family, her...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1567923429
• ISBN13: 9781567923421
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.8" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

My kids love this book year-round

Starting with the beginning of school in the fall, this wonderful book based on the life of the author's grandmother, take us through a rural family preparing for the celebration of Christmas in simple ways - making presents from scraps of fabric and sheep's wool saved through the year; rehearsal for the Christmas play with homemade costumes, and a surprise gift for the daughter who is so enthralled with the new cast iron stove in the kitchen. My girls (3 and 5) ask to have this read year-round. In an age of such materialism, this is a welcome story of a simpler life. The woodcut prints are just the right accompaniment to this story.