Publication
Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c2004.
Call number
SB-HD / Anaya
ISBN
9780826328472
Collections
CSS Library Notes
Christmas :
Description: With Christmas only days away, it snows so heavily that Jacobo the wood carver and his visiting grandson are afraid the roads will not be cleared in time for the rest of the family to come from the city, and that a sick neighbor will not get the help he needs.
FY2012
Description: With Christmas only days away, it snows so heavily that Jacobo the wood carver and his visiting grandson are afraid the roads will not be cleared in time for the rest of the family to come from the city, and that a sick neighbor will not get the help he needs.
FY2012
Physical description
31 p.; 27 cm
Awards
Américas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature (Commended Title — 2004)
Description
With Christmas only days away, it snows so heavily that Jacobo the wood carver and his visiting grandson are afraid the roads will not be cleared in time for the rest of the family to come from the city, and that a sick neighbor will not get the help he need
Original language
Multiple languages
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A Christmas miracle amongst characters who feel as familiar as one's own family tugs at one's heart. With every page, one can feel a growing bond between grandfather and grandson as they carve and paint saints, share dreams, and tend to the farm. Sensing the warm concern Don Jacobo expresses for
Classroom Uses: Children can share their own holiday traditions
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his neighbor's health, one shares with him the desire for a miracle. There is no surprise then when they wake up to find the roadway clear of snow in order for the ambulance to arrive; the real surprise comes from the discovery of muddy footprints that Andres traces back to St. Isidro, the angel, the oxen, removing all doubt about who plowed the snow from the road.Classroom Uses: Children can share their own holiday traditions
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