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Lucy's Christmas

Lucy's Christmas

by Donald Hall
Illustrated by Michael McCurdy

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Godine

Softcover
ISBN: 978-1-56792-342-1
Pages: 32
Size: 9.36" x 8.98"
Published: November 2007
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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 parents have ordered a new modern range stove. The days grow colder and shorter, the snow grows deeper, and everyone grows more excited. Finally, the day arrives Lucy and her family travel to the South Danbury Church on Christmas to exchange gifts, sing carols with the whole town, and perform in the Christmas pageant.

Donald Hall

Donald Hall was not only one of America’s poet laureates but one of the great personal essayists. “If any American writer deserves the description of ‘man of letters,’” the New York Times Book Review wrote, “it is Donald Hall.” Mr. Hall approached writing as he approached life—with simplicity, affection, and a wry wit. He distilled the human experience with a sense of humor that readers will return to again and again, each time learning something new. His work glows with the affection he held for the land, the people, and the customs of rural New England, and especially for the small, New Hampshire dairy farm near Ragged Mountain he visited every summer as a child.

Michael McCurdy
Michael McCurdy was an American illustrator, author, and publisher. He illustrated over 200 books in his career, including ten that he also authored. Most were illustrated with his trademark black and white wood engravings.