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Twenty-Four Days Before Christmas (Dell Young Yearling)
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Product Description
Seven-year-old Vicky Austin thinks the 24 days before Christmas are the best days of the whole year. Vicky is practicing for the Christmas pageant and decorating the house. She hopes her new brother or sister will be born soon so mother can be home for Christmas.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #680106 in Books
- Published on: 1987-12-01
- Released on: 1987-11-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 80 pages
Editorial Reviews
From the Publisher
To seven-year-old Vicky Austin, the twenty-four days before Christmas are the most wonderful days of the year. She's going to be an angel in the Christmas Pageant. Best of all, Vicky and her brother John and her little sister Suzy do something special every day to celebrate: they hang twinkling lights, make cookies, and wish very hard for snow.
But what if the new baby comes during Christmas and Mother has to go to the hospital? How can they have Christmas without Mother?
From the Inside Flap
To seven-year-old Vicky Austin, the twenty-four days before Christmas are the most wonderful days of the year. She's going to be an angel in the Christmas Pageant. Best of all, Vicky and her brother John and her little sister Suzy do something special every day to celebrate: they hang twinkling lights, make cookies, and wish very hard for snow.
But what if the new baby comes during Christmas and Mother has to go to the hospital? How can they have Christmas without Mother?
Customer Reviews
Advent and preparation - a great kids book for adults too
L'Engle's prequel to the Austin Family series extols the virtues of patience and love as a young Vicky waits for the anvent of Christmas and a new baby. Adults and children alike will enjoy savoring the book in anticipation of the holiday. It's a great tool for slowing down the comercialized pace of the season. I'd reccomend the illustrated hardback, but I'm afraid it's out of print!
Decent children's book with Christian slant
This book is not by David Brin at all. I have no idea why it is still listed this way, since it is wholly authored by Madeleine L'Engle.
The book is a little heavy-handed in extolling the Christian virtues of the protagonist. However, if you are looking for a gift for a child who anticipating the arrival of a new sibling, this would not be a bad choice.
